Traits like humility, courage, and empathy are easily overlooked - but it's immensely important to find them in your closest relationships.

I'm always curious, but I'm learning things I never thought I'd learn. I get to travel to places I never thought I'd go.

I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.

I know what people want to hear is the connection with the son, Roger, when you have a child. I would love to tell that there was an epiphany as to what it is to be a mom, but I didn't feel any difference there.

The thing about death is that it's honest. I go to things that have a core of honesty about them and there's nothing more honest than death.

When you're dying, you're liberated to do what you want to do. You give yourself permission. I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.

To be too knowing is a downfall.