The fears and anxieties and obsessions wrapped up in being a parent.

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.

It is our responsibility to discover our talents, to accept them as from God, to develop them through education and training, and to use them for His glory.

Growing up eating fruits and vegetables fresh from our farm added a lot to the way I taste and look at food today, and I wanted the same for my kids and other kids.

Life and Reality are not things you can have for yourself unless you accord them to all others. They do not belong to particular persons any more than the sun, moon and stars.

Going to Mars would evolve humankind into a two-planet species.

It matters more what's in a woman's face than what's on it.

My music - that's the one area I won't let myself be pushed around. But in other parts of my life, I'm a confused mess.

In America we believe there ought to be limits on government.

We have a centrist nationalist group of people in this country, lots of them, and we have a socialist group of people in this country, lots of them. And that's not, to me, the American idea.

You don't get to be a respected intellectual by uttering truisms in monosyllables.

I know that Congress will do the right thing.