Try not to cry too much because it can be pretty heart-breaking and pretty hard.

I like being outside and working with the elements. The elemental aspects of it. The physicality of it.

There were male colleges, and there were very few female colleges.

People think of you differently if you've been in their homes. They think they own you because they watched you while they were eating dinner, or they can turn you up or down, or even freeze you.

A lot of writing about being a mother is not so much writing about the kids themselves. They become placeholders for the shift that happens when you're suddenly in charge of other people.

There is a kind of invisible thread between the actor and the audience, and when it's there it's stunning, and there is nothing to match that.

We can't escape the shadow, so the best thing we can do is notice the light and be open to it.