Andie MacDowell

Every woman goes through a lot of agony before she decides in favour of her own happiness or that of her children. ”

My kids learned to be independent. ”

Kindness can come from someone on Twitter, it can come from someone on the street, it can come from someone at work. Without kindness, I don't know what I would do. The greatest part of life is the simple things. ”

As a single mother of four, my mother taught me that you always want to show up strong for the moments that really matter with family, friends, and community. I now recognize how her strength helped shape the person I am today and the mother that I have become. ”

I think women have an innate ability to be intuitive with people that they truly love, but they have to trust that inner voice, and I think it is there. I think we are more intuitive than men. ”

I am committed to ovarian cancer research on a national level and in my community in the Carolinas. It is important to me to know the women that are true fighters of this difficult disease. ”

My children without a doubt are my greatest accomplishment. If I did nothing else I would feel just having and raising them would be enough. The rest is icing. ”

I never 'shunned' L.A., like people say. And I do think you can raise children well there, but it's definitely harder. ”

I tried to do things independently with each child. ”

My children haven't even seen most of my movies. ”