July 3: Cancer

"I remember lying in bed at 18 going, 'Man, I just really hope I don't get fired.' "

"Readers are sometimes critical of me because practically everything I write about is an irresponsible lie."

"When I did Company Business, Gene Hackman came in on his day off and did the other side of a conversation for me. I was so impressed by that. He did it for the work, he did it for the craft. Years later when I was doing Deep Impact and I played the guy in the flight control center, I told them at the time to let me know when Robert Duvall and the other astronauts were doing their stuff so I could go in and do the off-camera. It was because of Gene that I did that -- it was my way of paying him back."

"We need more good women lawyers fighting the battle. I don't see any alternative. It's unacceptable not to be involved. Most of the voices we hear are men's voices, distorting or ignoring what women want. We need more women's voices, more political representation in all positions."