When it comes to people -- don't write about who you know; but what you know of human nature.

Better alone than badly accompanied.

Retribution is tricky. . . . The insult isn't usually worth the risk of punishment. And eventually one learns that karma has a surprising way of taking care of these situations. All you have to do is sit back and watch.

Women with money and women in power are two uncomfortable ideas in our society.

I know I have to do the right thing. And the sooner you do the right thing, the better. You get it over with, and you don't have to worry about it anymore. But who does that in real life? Instead, you procrastinate and think about it and put it off and think about it some more until that one little pebble grows into a giant block inside your head.

There's a brief moment when you first wake up, where you have no memories. A blissful blank slate, a happy emptiness.

So much of being a woman is telling lies