Always, in all circumstances, wear comfortable shoes. You never know when you may have to run for your life.

The world will provide you with every imaginable obstacle, but the one most difficult to overcome will be the lack of faith in yourself. Leave it to others to have doubts about you.

Nashville is the place where I first realized how impossible it is to look at someone and know what is inside them, what special something they possess.

I like writing flawed women, and being one, its something I feel I can write with some veracity and authority.

By luck I mean, when opportunity meets preparation.

The movie I've watched a million times is 'A Face in the Crowd,' directed by Elia Kazan, starring Andy Griffith and Patricia Neal. I first saw this movie, I guess I was in my early 20s. I'd never heard of it, and somebody told me about it, and I watched it and was just completely jaw-droppingly shocked at how current it was.

One of the magical things about Nashville is just how many incredibly talented people are here and the way they support each other.