Motherhood has completely changed me. It's just about like the most completely humbling experience that I've ever had. I think that it puts you in your place because it really forces you to address the issues that you claim to believe in and if you can't stand up to those principles when you're raising a child, forget it.

I build a wall around myself. I'm hard to get to know. Any trait you have, it gets worse as you go along.

I'm proud of "Shoot the Moon."

...I also have an extended family. The people who stayed. The people who became more than friends; the people who open the door when I knock. That's what it all boils down to. The people who have to open the door, not because they always want to but because they do.

Relationships are hard. You're lucky if you find someone.

The exhausting effort to control time by altering the effects of age doesn't bring happiness

It's very odd, being older, because in a way it's hard to own the past, even.