If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.
Almost everything worthwhile carries with it some sort of risk, whether it's starting a new business, whether it's leaving home, whether it's getting married, or whether it's flying in space.
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
The history of American women is all about leaving home - crossing oceans and continents, or getting jobs and living on their own.
I hate leaving home. I love what I do, but I'd love to go home every night.