No memory is ever alone; it's at the end of a trail of memories, a dozen trails that each have their own associations.

To make democracy work, we must be a nation of participants, not simply observers. One who does not vote has no right to complain.

Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.

A great book begins with an idea; a great life, with a determination.

I am a young woman, with a regional accent, from a working class family, who has had a pretty standard education. So far, so ordinary. But in the places I've worked, one or more of these things would put me in the minority.

I trained in Toronto with a private acting teacher, who was wonderful, for years growing up.

I moved to New Jersey when I was five, and I lived there for about six years. My dad was allocated to the New York branch of his company. Looking back, I'm so grateful because I got to learn both English and Korean at the same time, and it was just so natural for me, and it made it so much easier to study English afterwards.

It just felt like the right thing to do to give back to a state school and public school. I'm a really big fan of public education.