It's a proven fact that when you raise the status of girls and women in a country, that country does much better economically.

I’m trying to accept where I’m at, not run from it.

Sometimes having a big amount of time is a gift, because by the time you're at the end of the run you feel like you've figured it out finally or discovered everything you can about the character. Sometimes that's not the case.

Well, it seems to me that the best relationships-the ones that last-are frequently the ones that are rooted in friendship.

I think she definitely has. I think, um, her and Mulder's relationship has become more equal. And, I think she has become stronger and more independent over the seasons.

When I think of normality I think of mediocrity

Unfortunately, the belief that women are a minority is endemic in most cultures around the world. Obviously some take it to the extreme where violence against women is legal and supported and in other cultures it is more subversive and easy to dismiss as "progress."