Just look at us, all of us, quietly doing our thing and trying to matter. The earnestness is inspiring and heartbreaking at the same time.

Stop beating yourself up over all the days you didn’t work on your story. Focus on what you can do today.Sit down, and write.

I'm very consistent about spending time with family. And when you have dinner with your daughters - they'll keep you in your place and they'll teach you something about perspective.

Unless I work with Shah Rukh my career cannot be complete. I can't hang my boots till that happens.

You know what GED stands for? Good Enough Diploma.

I spent more time at the library than anyone my age when I was a kid.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

The nuns taught me that the best thing you can do in life when things get difficult is to work.

People are always saying, English, English, English rose, and I just feel so completely different.

The notion that love is abroad in the world has shaped my life.