I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet..

If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people..

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?.

Having a purpose is the little secret of the nonpretties. Something to do always beats something to look at..

Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and….

The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life..

But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way..

No one worries about you like your mother, and when she is gone, the world seems unsafe, things that happen unwieldy. You cannot turn to her anymore,….

Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don't feed the source, it dissipates entirely.Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, i….

It's the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need..

Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime..

Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always..

If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow..

Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the consequences. Maybe a first lo….

The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed that th….

When a girl is beautiful, she gets to pick - she never has to wait for someone to choose her..

A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our grea….

Money doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for….

I love actors and I love to create an environment where they feel safe to connect and thrive and try things, to fail and succeed and flourish and fly..

The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ass y….

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better..