It's true: I don't remember what life was like before parenthood.

I have tender, romantic associations with upstate New York.

Music is what our feelings sound like.

There are women who make things better, there are women who change things, there are women who make things happen, who make a difference. I want to be one of those women.

In the quiet moments, the discoveries are made.

Your soul either feels lifted by something that you read, or it feels squashed by it.

No role is more challenging, rewarding and inspiring than my real-life role as a mom and a wife.

There's no wrong way to experience a film.

Am I ambitious? I used to be afraid of that word but now I think ambition is a good thing.

I think I always try to be accommodating and open and available and proving for my director. I love to give as many takes as they want. I love to give them as many choices as they want.

Doubt is the middle position between knowledge and ignorance. It encompasses cynicism but also genuine questioning.

Life.... It's better than the alternative.

I adore simple pleasures. They are the last refuge of the complex.

In a multicultural, diverse society there are countless ways in which people negotiate the everyday lived experience and reality of diversity.

People tend to look at dating sort of like a safari - like they're trying to land the trophy.

Relationships are like a dance, with visible energy racing back and forth between the partners. Some relationships are the slow, dark dance of death.

It's easy to have faith when everything is going great. The real test of faith is when you're facing something that only your faith in God will get you through.

Well, I think if you say you're going to do something and don't do it, that's trustworthiness.

My life has taught me to be more curious than afraid.

I try to write from a really honest place when I write pop music and carry the song into a more deep and more symbolic visual

Let he who would move the world, first complete an environmental impact assessment and a 90-day public comment period.