Never work with children, puppies or bulimics.

It was unnerving, the way she could go from cool efficiency to sarcastic to sweet within the space of thirty seconds. I found it very manipulative and controlling. It put the other person constantly on-guard. And it was extremely intimidating because you never knew when she was going to snap. I made a mental note to refine these skills within myself.

Before I'm a writer, I'm definitely a reader and when I read memoir, I really want it to be true.

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.

I was learning that if I lived slightly in the future-what will happen next-I didn't have to feel so much about what was going on in the present.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

When you have your health, you have everything. When you do not have your health, nothing else matters at all.