The idea that you can get everything you want in one person is destructive, and maybe when you accept that the number is closer to 50 or 60 or 70 percent, that's when you can start to make some progress in choosing the right person.

I mean, I am still such the-good-girl. I want everybody to like me. I want everybody to be happy.

I don't know what my version of a relationship or marriage is yet, because the typical model seems a little broken to me.

An interview is like a minefield.

I learn a lot; what I learn cannot be expressed in words.

I find that each job that I do, the thing that gets me there is when I'm not smarter than it, when I don't know instantly how that thing is made. Because if I do, then it's boring. Or it would be simple.

I'm not going to rush anything and scamper around like a mad person and make myself crazy.