Koren Zailckas

What makes a narcissistic mother so scary? Her absolute power and controlling influence. A narcissistic mother is your only 'friend,' at least until you're old enough to go to school.

America, ever the narcissistic mother, prefers baby bumps to children and expectant mothers to full-fledged bum-and-nose-wiping ones.

I think, for one, we have to really accept that anger is a normal human emotion that can be a positive force for change.

Science is not a heartless pursuit of objective information. It is a creative human activity, its geniuses acting more as artists than as information processors.

Yes, I want children and I can't wait to have that closeness with someone - to bring someone into the world. But, I really don't know when.

I'm interested in the psychological exploration of human nature, and it just happens to come in the form of film-making.