When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

If you leave home for a while ... you question the conventional wisdom you've grown up with. That doesn't mean you have to change your opinions or who you are, but it's good to ask the questions.

The moment you make someone promise anything is the same moment you ask them to lie to you.

I think you can be mature without being grown-up. You can also be grown-up without being mentally mature. One of them is forced, while the other one is your choice.

I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.

Yes, my kids come first, but as a parent I need to come to them with a fresh mind. I can't be too exhausted or too tired. And I am a better parent when I have more energy.