I have always tried to be a woman who protects other women. I have a sister, I have daughters, I have girlfriends, and I was raised by a feminist mother.

And I am standing in front of my mother, and my whole life I have wanted to make my mother proud. And now I'm going to make my daughter proud.

I've always been somebody on a journey of discovery.

It's the desire to study the human condition, the desire for collaboration, to learn and absorb, and to lead a well-examined life.

I'm not sure what the future holds but I do know that I'm going to be positive and not wake up feeling desperate. As my dad said 'Nic, it is what it is, it's not what it should have been, not what it could have been, it is what it is.'

I think it's important that we don't all have to hold our heads high all the time saying everything's fine.

The thing you hate about yourself tends to be the thing that everyone likes about you.