Perfection Is A Toxic Desire. We Are

Lee Strasberg Told Me I Had Talent. Real Talent. It Was The First Time That Anyone, Except My Father--who Had To Say So--told Me I Was Good. At Anything. It Was A Turning Point In My Life. I Went To Bed Thinking About Acting. I Woke Up Thinking About Acting. It Was Like The Roof Had Come Off My Life!

Rituals Are Important. I Get Up. I Take The Dogs On A Walk Around To The Front And Then I Pick Up The Papers. Then I Walk Around To The Front Door, Then Me And The Two Dogs Come In The House And I Give Them Treats. I Make Coffee. It's The Regularity Of These Kinds Of Rituals That I Find Deeply Satisfying.

If We As A Nation Are To Break The Cycle Of Poverty, Crime And The Growing Underclass Of Young People Ill Equipped To Be Productive Citizens, We Need To Not Only Implement Effective Programs To Prevent Teen Pregnancy, But We Must Also Help Those Who Have Already Given Birth So That They Become Effective, Nurturing, Bonding Parents.

When You Can't Remember Why You're Hurt, That's When You're Healed. When You Have To Work Real Hard To Re-create The Pain, And You Can't Quite Get There, That's When You're Better.

We're Not Meant To Be Perfect. It Took Me A Long Time To Learn That.