It's not always enough to be brave, I realized years later. You have to be brave and contribute something positive, too. Brave on its own is just a party trick.

Travel is impossible, but daydreaming about travel is easy.

Battered Women: sounds delicious. Doesn’t make it right.

Mindy Kaling gets her own line in the acknowledgments, as previously negotiated by her representatives. Thanks, Mindy. I love you and you're the best.

I do not have very much office experience.

Regret is just perfectionism plus time.

I think it's better to not know certain things. It gives the world an extra bit of mystery, which is important to us as human beings.