Sometimes if something scares me, I lean right into it . I’m not a brave person— I’m more of a fearless idiot.

Anyone who ever wondered how much they could love a child who did not spring from their own loins, know this: it is the same. The feeling of love is so profound, it's incredible and surprising.

The man may be the head of the household. But the woman is the neck, and she can turn the head whichever way she pleases.

I couldn't get an acting job to save my life when I moved to L.A.

If the standard route for creating a family had worked for me, I wouldn't have met this child. I needed to know her. I needed to be her mother. She is, in every way my daughter.

Time can turn a scab into a beauty mark.

I am not anti-man. I am married to a man... I have a father and a brother... I love men. But there is something really lacking when Cake is nominated. How does Julianne Moore win for Best Actress but her film isn't nominated for Best Screenplay? How does Gone Girl become such a critically-acclaimed and box-office hit but its scriptwriter, Gillian Flynn, isn't nominated for Best screenplay. It's disgusting!