I wouldn't have believed it. I still barely do, truthfully. I'm so continually fortunate that I keep coming across these smart, interesting, creative people who pick me. It's just stupendous.

I think enough cannot be said for what you can discover through literature. So I think that was probably my most valued characteristic as a teenager.

I love to cook, and I love to have all my family around the dinner table.

I don't think I realized that the cost of fame is that it's open season on every moment of your life.

I'm definitely a practicing Hindu.

Some people are antagonized by the truth.

I had lunch the other day with my niece, Emma, and she said, 'You're so smart, Aunt Julia.' And I wanted to say, 'I'm not smart - I'm 41! You're 17!'