I don’t want my own life to be solely about preserving my parents’ lives.

I always danced with my father in the living room. He did lifts with me, and he would twirl me around, and we’d laugh and giggle."

I think historically it’s good for younger people to see where so much influence has come from. If you’re using my mother as a role model it gives women permission to be kooky and wonderful and individual and unique and loyal and independent all at the same time.

There’s no such thing as working too hard. Don’t throw in the towel. Keep trying. But always make time for playfulness and silliness and joy in every day.