A biography for Mary Katharine Hamhasn’t been written yet.
“A lot of art can potentially make people uncomfortable, particularly when it deals with different times and hard issues.”
“One of the hallmarks of a Trump administration has been to introduce us to quintessentially New York characters and their special brand of famous rich people infighting.”
“It is not some 'leftist' capitulation to say that saying a man cannot do his job because of his ethnicity is a problem.”
“College students overwhelmingly support free speech in the abstract, but when it comes to the real world, they are accepting of restrictions on it, which is in effect, not very supportive of free speech.”
“A one-size-fits-all approach to risk, and top-down encouragement to take as few risks as possible, may have been reasonable in 2020, before we properly understood how the coronavirus was transmitted and before we had vaccines.”
“I have my share of criticisms of Trump and have been clear about them, but the gap between the coverage of what might be in the Mueller report and what actually appears to be in Mueller's conclusions after a two-year investigation is not just good news for Trump, but great news for the country.”
“I never got the fascination with the royals as I was growing up. I had no particular issue with them but didn't indulge.”
“I'll take any opportunity to make costumes for my daughters and me, and it makes Halloween a weeklong bonanza of multiple costumes, and my house an explosion of arts and crafts.”
“With the spread of COVID-19, millions of moms and dads have started spending a lot more time with their kids, in new roles.”
“Tucker Carlson is guilty of the sin of saying bad things a long time ago, and for that a bunch of people want him to lose his job.”
“I'm a little bit obsessed with Halloween.”
“People will take every opportunity to pay you nothing if you're willing to do your work for free, be you man or woman. Women give people that opportunity more often than men do.”
“Tolerating risk for my kids is tough, but vital, so I practice.”
“The Prince of Egypt' was lauded for its voice acting, and with good reason. The cast is a bunch of A-listers in their prime in the '90s.”
“U.S. politicians must be able to criticize a nation state without every criticism - even the heavy-handed ones made for one-minute ad buys - being deemed sinophobic.”
“Women are more likely to take a job that pays less to gain flexibility and work-life balance. I've done it myself many times.”
“I asked that my friends and family hold me accountable for living life unafraid. A traumatic loss meant that I was primed to see threats everywhere. But I knew that my big fears would make the lives of my children small if I couldn't control them. They deserved more from me than that.”
“A practical thing is to get out of bed every day and go outside if you can. Get moving a little bit. That's really hard to do, especially if you actually become clinically depressed, but it can change your state of mind.”
“I don't usually watch awards shows.”
“Can you have too much of a good thing? When that thing is 'Fast and Furious' franchise installments, one would think the answer would be simple - there's no such thing.”