Occasionally I'll Come Across Something That's Just

One Cold Wintry Day In London, I Was Dreaming About Salad Nicoise—one Of My Favorites.

I Think So Many People Give Us Ideas Of What We Are. I Think As Women Especially, Because We're Sensitive By Nature, We're More Vulnerable, We Absorb Other People's Ideas About What We're Supposed To Think Or Who We're Supposed To Be And How We're Supposed To Act.

I Wasn't The High-school Play Queen Or Anything. And My Parents Would Let Not Me Act Until I Graduated From College.

As You Get Older, You Choose Friends Based On Not Only What Feels Resonant And Warm But If They're Bringing Something To Your Life. My Women Friends Are Incredibly Intelligent. There's No Posturing, No Competition. Especially In Los Angeles, I See Pockets Of Friends Who Are Very Competitive, And I Think, What Is The Point? I Would Rather Be Alone In Bed With A Book Than Have A Girlfriend Who Is Like That.

The Reason I Can Be 38 And Have Two Kids And Wear A Bikini Is Because I Work My Ass Off. It's Not An Accident. It's Not Luck, It's Not Fairy Dust, It's Not Good Genes. It's Killing Myself For An Hour And A Half Five Days A Week, But What I Get Out Of It Is Relative To What I Put Into It.