Even in the first world, expectations are not as high for women as they are for men. We get that message subtly, but in the third world, it isn't subtle. Girls are isolated and encouraged not to talk to one another.

What brings people down is the same thing over and over.

And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.

If you empower women, you can change the world.

I wouldn't have thought of myself as a person who could guide anybody and then it turned out that I can.

When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.

Maybe that whole love thing is just a grown-up version of Santa Claus; just a myth we've been fed since childhood. So, we keep buying magazines, joining clubs, and doing therapy and watching movies with hit pop songs played over love montages all in a pathetic attempt to explain why our love Santa keeps getting caught in the chimney.