"For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home."

"The only place I've felt was really my home is my cabin up north. There's something in the water there that connects me to that place. There's also this sense of isolation and loneliness about it that I've never been able to shake."

"I am tortured when I am away from my family, from my children. I am horribly guilt-ridden."

"The natural state of motherhood is unselfishness. When you become a mother, you are no longer the center of your own universe. You relinquish that position to your children."

"So, it becomes an exercise in futility if you write something that does not express the film as the director wishes. It's still their ball game. It's their show. I think any successful composer learns how to dance around the director's impulses."

"The test and the use of man's education is that he finds pleasure in the exercise of his mind."

"I was lucky enough not to face any required summer reading lists until I went to college. So I still think of summer as the best time to read for fun."

"I can be impatient. But I don't think it's always a bad habit. Sometimes a little impatience can be a good thing. It keeps you motivated."