It is so important to allow children to bloom and to be driven by their curiosity.

I was trained to be very tough. My mom told me I shouldn't cry; I shouldn't be afraid of anything.

We didn't care about salaries and having a nice car. We just cared about science and were really ambitious.

My frontal lobe doesn't function well. When I'm out with friends, I typically have a cup of coffee, and that's not good for my sleep. And yet I'll do it again, night after night - 'Oh why did I have that cup of coffee?' I can't stop it because I love it.

I don't wear much make-up in my non-working life, though I love to dress up and put on a face for a special occasion. As I get older, I see less of the fantasy 'Indian' self I inherited from my father, and I see my mother looking back at me.

I can't imagine dating a boy, meeting him only outside the home. What's a home and family for if it's not the center of one's life?

We've all been affected by divorce in one way or another, whether we've experienced it personally, or witnessed family or friends go through it.

In Brazil, you are very close to your family; we saw our cousins every weekend, and my grandmother lived with us.