Before you're a mom you don't know what gear is going to be relevant.

Having a crying baby is inspiration to get the job done quickly.

It's amazing what sleep does for your looks.

I couldn't wait to look at someone who shared my genes. I thought my baby was going to provide a decoder key to my past. But then I looked at Pippa and realized, no, she's actually the key to my future.

What I know from my friends who are cops is they keep their houses very clean, because they say you never know if you're coming back or not.

As comfortable as I was with my adoption, the nature-versus-nurture question has been a big one for me. I adore my parents, but I always wondered if I would feel a different kind of love-not more or less, just different-for someone who was biologically related.

I feel like 'CSI: Miami' was just a license to do all sorts of horrible things that I'd always wanted to do.