I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have turned out the same. That's the meaning of fate.

I love research. I'd go so far as to say I'm a research fanatic.

A brave heart? It feels like a swollen and aching thing in my chest.

I don't really know anything about the movie business, even though I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life - somehow I've never bumped into it.

Having a baby is painful in order to show how serious a thing life is.

What stays with me most is a general sense of loss, unease, and longing for the past that cannot be relieved.

I write a thousand words a day.