Three tomatoes are walking down the street-a poppa tomato, a mamma tomato, and a little baby tomato. Baby tomato starts lagging behind. Poppa tomato gets angry, goes over to the baby tomato, and smooshes him and says, Catch up.

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

I do think that what's wonderful in life is that we gain perspective as we take on different roles that are mind and heart opening.

I don't think it takes a brain surgeon to understand how to read a story.

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 never ever slept again after my first pregnancy.

Buddhism has had a major effect on who I am and how I think about the world. What I have learned is that I like all religions, but only parts of them.