I feel respected in the back of my mind.

I'm never one to act a fool. Not at home and not in public.

It's a good feeling to know that I'm able to give my kids more and be a better person to be around.

The kids and I kind of learned about the divorce at the same time. So that was hard. That was probably the worst part of the whole thing, was being able to deal with how hurt the whole kids were.

Marriage is a lot more challenging when you have a demanding career.

It wasn't a leap for me to go from not wanting to be in my body as a teenager, not wanting to be in my house, to thinking, 'What would happen if I had disappeared?' And then going from writing scenes of angry kids to thinking a little more about the parents and what their lives would be like.

It's equally as important to me to be a good friend and a good sister and a good daughter. I'm very close with my family and friends.

The human family is a great one, and the Muslim branch is certainly worth knowing.