It's a big gift to be recognizable as part of something that matters to people, but that's not the same as being responsible for something.

I want us to organize, to tell the personal stories that create empathy, which is the most revolutionary emotion.

People waste more time waiting for someone to take charge of their lives than they do in any other pursuit.

I'd like to be played as a child by Natalie Wood. I'd have some romantic scenes as Audrey Hepburn and have gritty black-and-white scenes as Patricia Neal.

Childbirth is more admirable than conquest, more amazing than self-defense, and as courageous as either one.

I wasn't ever unable to function, but I did realize at some point that I had built a wall between myself and my childhood by saying, "I'm so glad that's over. Nothing can ever be as bad again," without understanding that my childhood was still very much with me.

No, I'll take responsibility for my own life, I am going to make a decision. And you know, to this day, I would raise flags on all public buildings to celebrate the chance I had to make that decision.