"It's like the riddle of the Sphinx... why are there so many great unmarried women, and no great unma..." — Sarah Jessica Parker

What I've learned about being a parent is how much you sort of secretly learn from everyone else and how valuable it is.

I expect I should be more calloused by now, but I am so sensitive about not ever living up to anybody's worst idea about an actor who is well-known.

Read the editorial page of your local paper. It introduces you to opinion and can be terrifically provocative and perhaps a great motivating force for you to get involved in your community, regardless of your political ideology.

As a woman, I have an inherent need to be all things to all people, to make certain everybody's taken care of. I know I can't sustain that level all the time, so I'm finding the proper balance and it's made me infinitely happier.