I Am A Person Who Is Not

I Don't Have Children, But My Work Life Is As Important To Me As Anything Could Be. I've Dedicated A Lot Of Time And Energy And Years To It. Some Might Say Some Of My Childbearing Years To It. In And Of Itself, My Work Is Like A Child To Me. That Is My Reality.

I Have Friends Say, "don't You Want To Have A Little You?" The Jury's Still Out On That For Me. I Don't Have A Definitive Answer, But I Do Know That I Can Look Back On Some Of The Things I've Worked On And Some Of The Things That Have Literally Come Out Of My Imagination And Be Just As Proud Of It As If I Had Created A Person. I Feel Like That Shouldn't Be Of Any Less Value. It Can't Be Because It's What My Life Is, And I Don't Want To Make It Smaller Or More Palatable Just Because Society Tells You To. If You Can Get Comfortable With Sacrifice, Then You Are Having It All.

It's Ok To Sit In The Golden Globe Room And Look Around And Think, 'oh, Helen Mirren's A Loser Tonight, So Is Nicole Kidman. Meryl Streep Lost Tonight. Jessica Lange Didn't Win.' If You're Gonna Be In The Company Of Losers, That's The Company To Be In.

I Personally Think It Would Be A Very Liberating Thing For Women To Allow Themselves To Understand That Having It All Incorporates Sacrifice. It Does Mean That You Can't Be Everywhere All The Time. It Does Mean That Your Friends Are Not Going To Get All Of You.

If You Heard Me Sing, You Would Just Plug Your Ears And Run, Screaming, The Other Way. I Promise.