Growing up, when I was younger, I didn't feel all that tough or smart or strong. As I got older, I was able to discover my own strength.

I was obsessed with Nancy Drew growing up - I couldn't get enough.

It's wonderful that we're portraying women in this way so that young women can see that women actually are strong and capable of accomplishing all kinds of things.

It's cool to be a female character who gets to be really strong and tough.

The love of the family, the love of one person can heal. It heals the scars left by a larger society. A massive, powerful society.

In China, the dead are not forgotten - my relatives cheerfully pointed out all the niches of deceased friends and family, as if gesturing at the homes of the living.

You're either Mormon or Southern Baptist in my family. They're incredibly conservative and I love my family.

Women are smarter by basic instinct and by what we have to do to multitask at home and at work. My mother did that 50 years ago, but it wasn't called multitasking or stress back then. She had a job, two kids and the meals to make with no cook or maid. My father would come home every day and expect lunch. He was a nice guy, but he was clueless!