Thank god Shonda Rhimes had this agenda to make television look like life, to make it look like the real world.

~I got pregnant, and I was like, 'Oh God, it worked! Oh no!' Chris [Ivery, her husband] and I were super happy, then I got terrified! Will I know how to do everything right? Of course, nobody does everything right, but as long as your baby is the priority, that's the best you can do.~

Medicine is so fascinating.

Being a mother is magical.

Dr. McDreamy, that's what I call Patrick's character. He's gorgeous, he's got a great body and he's got damn fine hair.

You can't really judge characters, because that's when it gets really hard to play them.

I read a lot of nonfiction - especially books about the brain.