Urban women don't breed in their twenties. Shortly after, I became a mother too, which is why I was probably so child friendly.

We're in an environment where everyone gets compartmentalized very quickly.

One feels so despairing on some levels about what's going on in our culture, in regards to things like gender inequality. But there is progress. There is enhanced empathy and respect for others, we are fighting the tide, even though it seems like a tug of war sometimes.

I grew up in a mostly Buddhist environment.

It's an interesting thing to be in your forties and evaluate success and take ownership of some disasters and some pain and try to forgive a little bit - yourself and others.

But I think it is always difficult to have high expectations of yourself or anyone else.

I'd like to classify my life as a romantic comedy. Unfortunately I feel it's probably more like a TV reality show.