If something seems frightening or horrible, I should probably do it.

You know, I used to not understand fashion, a lot of it, but I completely understood being a playwright or a screenwriter and suddenly having an actor say your words and making them come to life. That I can understand. Finally, I'm starting to understand this.

Everything I sang sounded awful. So I went outside and I screamed. Everyone pretty much agreed it was awful.

I think women are natural caretakers. They take care of everybody. They take care of their husbands and their kids and their dogs, and don't spend a lot of time just getting back and taking time out.

Do I need men? I don't think it's about needing men. It's about love.

I don't think I realised how stressed I was, being a single parent. It was really, really stressful. It's not easy on anybody.

My kids make me laugh every day. And they're so supportive. As I get older, they understand those things I worried about - the guilt of being gone - in a way that's so healing for me, when they say, "Mom, we know you love what you do. We love to watch you do what you do."