People are always telling me that change is good. But all that means is that something you didn't want to happen has happened.
If you empower women, you can change the world.
Any idiot can be brave, but courage is about knowing what's at stake, and moving forward anyway.
The best thing about modern living is anaesthesia.
Oh, I'm so inadequate. And I love myself!.
When you read a book as a child, it becomes a part of your identity in a way that no other reading in your whole life does.
Once women find a way to form community, everyone reaps the rewards.
I have a very good life, so I have nothing to complain about. Sometimes, I just have existential angst.
I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think it's just got a bad flue.
I am convinced, completely convinced, that there was nothing random about [the adoption], she is the daughter I should have.
My father says that almost the whole world is asleep, everybody you know, everybody you see, everybody you talk to. He says that only a few people are awake and they live in a state of constant total amazement.
It would be really great if people would realize that stars are only people with the same weaknesses and flaws, not immaculate idols.
Women are socialized to be nice, to be docile. I call it 'shrink to fit': Shrink yourself to fit what others expect of you.
I think there's an ongoing effort involved in trying to get a bigger perspective, trying to let go of things that limit your capacity to love and be loved or your capacity to hear and to really speak.
I don't think we realise just how fast we go until you stop for a minute and realise just how loud and how hectic your life is, and how easily distracted you can get.
Fame is also a test of character at times... Sometimes I pass the test; sometimes I'm a pain in the ass. Sometimes I'm like, Oh, God! I just want to buy some tampons!
Being a working mother means that you are always disappointing somebody.
Clearly romantic comedy is my franchise genre, I don't mind saying that, it's true. I love doing them and hopefully always will do them.
I don't feel particularly typecast because I think I do so many different kinds of things. Whether or not they're seen is another issue.
Even in the first world, expectations are not as high for women as they are for men. We get that message subtly, but in the third world, it isn't subtle. Girls are isolated and encouraged not to talk to one another.
What brings people down is the same thing over and over.
And who cares, five years down the road, what most movies made or didn't make? If it's good, it stands up.
I love what you might call brutal elegance. Where form and function are really obvious. There is nothing easily broken in this house.
Motherhood changed me because it is so fundamental what you're doing for another person. And you are able to do it even though it takes a lot.
Maybe that whole love thing is just a grown-up version of Santa Claus; just a myth we've been fed since childhood. So, we keep buying magazines, joining clubs, and doing therapy and watching movies with hit pop songs played over love montages all in a pathetic attempt to explain why our love Santa keeps getting caught in the chimney.
