Most of the women I saw on TV didn't seem like people I actually knew. They felt like ideas of what women are.

I think the point of America, our planet, the reason we're all here, one of the best things that we can do is be concerned about something even when it doesn't concern us. That's the whole point. The fact that I've never had to use a Planned Parenthood, the fact that I've never been in need of medical services I couldn't afford or didn't have access to, doesn't mean I shouldn't be concerned about the fact that other women don't have that access.

Mother is not a title. Mother is a verb. It is not who you are. It's what you do.

We all think we’re going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectations aren’t met. But sometimes our expectations sell us short. Sometimes the expected simply pales in comparison to the unexpected. You got to wonder why we cling to our expectations, because the expected is just what keeps us steady. Standing. Still. The expected's just the beginning, the unexpected is what changes our lives.

I don't understand why people don't understand that the world of TV should look like the world outside of TV.

I was 4 and dictating stories into a tape recorder, and my mom typed them up.

Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.