I wanted to play the part that Mary Kay played, the lawyer who wanted to have baby and felt her clock ticking, because it was something I could relate to.

I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.

I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever.

You can't go through life without your heart being bruised or broken. Otherwise, you're not truly, fully, a person.

I was raised in cities but I was raised in Texas, so there's a certain amount of connection to the earth.

I've seen my own kids go through their own ups and downs, and as a mother, you want to make it better.

Intellectual labor is a common technique for the avoidance of thinking.

With a little discipline and regular self-checks you can learn to do one thing at a time. And do it better. And be happier doing it.

Everything a captain does in a team room is done to keep the team loose.

Lord, please give me big ears and a thoughtful mind. Teach me to ask well and see it through other’s eyes.

I am not comfortable with abstract writing, stories that look like essays: you have to see, I need to see.

Whether it is your work, your love, or your life - unless you throw your entire self into it, you will never know what it is.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

I like narrative, and I ultimately am in love with the men and women I write about, most of them.

As I've said before, time is short, and life is precious.

Adventure is the life of commerce, but caution is the life of banking.