“I’m definitely not one of those women who make it look easy. I’m always running late—and look, there’s guacamole on my purse!”
-Amy Adams, talking about being a new mother, in this month's InStyle.

"I didn't really understand how powerful I was until I stood before an audience of 50,000 Japanese trying to sing 'Day-O.'"
-Harry Belafonte, on teaching the world about Caribbean songs of struggle.

"I wanted to do something with my time that had meaning."
-Author Jesmyn Ward, winner of the National Book Award for a book she wrote after her brother's death.

"I got frustrated because my leggings were being super weird when I tried to put them on. And by super weird I mean: a sweater."
-Mom-blogger Rebecca Woolf, on the effects of extreme sleep deprivation.