My biggest vulnerability now is my son, Hudson. I am often plagued with fear: Is he ok? Is he safe? I'm in the process of trying to work through this fear. It's a hard one.

Finally, be kind to yourself and have a good support system.

I cannot stress the importance of pausing to take a few deep breaths throughout the day. It's simple and effective.

Reminding myself of all that I have to be thankful for really helps ground me and keeps me from tipping over into that negative place.

Be kind to yourself and to others. Treat others the way you would want to be treated. I was told that every day of my childhood.

I feel most alive when I'm surrounded by family and friends, and when I am working.

I'm inspired by it all - the good and the not so good - because every experience is an opportunity for me to learn, grow, and become the best version of myself.

I've done a lot of bad TV and bad movies. I've also done some really great things.

Everybody remembers what it's like to be in high school. We really never leave those years behind.

Going for a walk is always helpful for me. I also love gratitude exercises.

Meditation has really helped with keeping my center.

Tell me..how do you stand there?filling the doorway....of my life.

One of the things I love about labeling myself as an author is that I can read books and call it "researching writing styles."--Mike Mankoff

...your life is your sermon...Are you a good translation?

Sometimes a person has to go back really back-to have a sense an understanding of all that's gone to make them-before they can go forward.

The euro is our common fate, and Europe is our common future.

You get involved with a character after spending a long time waiting, and this demands a lot of energy and concentration.

Of course Mahatma Gandhi you might say did not have so much physical vigor but he certainly seemed to have extraordinary resistance, which perhaps is rather different from physical vigor.

I really like grammar. And spelling. I was a spelling-bee kid. I'm hard-core about grammar.

The leaves of the trees are like the thoughts of the men: Some are bright, some dark; some fresh, some rotten; some healthy, some diseased.