Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do..

I've learned a lot this year.. I learned that things don't always turn our the way you planned, or the way you think they should. And I've learned th….

There's a part of me with every book that thinks, What would it have meant for me tohave had this book when I was a kid? I decided to create a book f….

This is the meanest thing anyone’s ever done to me,” I said, through my tear-clogged throat. “I want you to know that.” But even as the words were le….

There's all kinds of love in the world, and not all of it looks like the stuff in greeting cards..

And then he left, and came back, and our lives fell apart, like a well-loved book that you’d read and read again, until one night you picked it up to….

The difference between people who believe they have books inside of them and those who actually write books is sheer cussed persistence - the ability….

I will love myself, and my body, for what it can do- because it is strong enough to lift, to walk, to ride a bicyle up a hill, to embrace the people ….

Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college..

If you write chick lit, and if you're a New Yorker, and if your book becomes the topic of pop-culture fascination, the paper might make dismissive an….

Okay, I thought. Here you are. You are here. And you move forward because that's the way it works; that's the only place u can go. You keep going unt….

Maybe it stems from my newspaper-reporting days, but I took notes the whole time - getting the call, how I felt. As soon as I put pen to paper, it be….

Hefty? I'd railed to Peter, waving the clipping for emphasis. Hefty? For the record 'Hefty' is a trash bag. I'm festively plump..

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag li….

I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as yo….

People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's r….

You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account..

Tell the story that's been growing in your heart, the characters you can't keep out of your head, the tale story that speaks to you, that pops into y….

Everyone has sorrow. Everyone has obligations. Everyone keeps going. You lean on the people who love you. You do the best you can, and you keep going..

If you wish for something hard enough, the fairy tales teach us, you can get it in the end. But it's hardly ever the way you thought it would be, and….

He loved me. He loved me, but he doesn't love me anymore, and it's not the end of the world..