The most important thing in business is a persona, Nico,' he was fond of saying. 'People want to know immediately what they're dealing with. And when they think about you, you've got to stand out in their minds--like one of those characters in a novel.

I can safely conclude that we are single because we want to be.

Rule number one: Why is it that the one time a cute guy talks to you, you have a friend who's in crisis?

There is a thin line between attraction and repulsion

Grace was one of those types who never changed but only aged and had no apparent expectations or ambitions other than the wish that her life should remain the same.

When I was 8, I was reading a book in which it was snowing. When I looked outside, I expected there to be snow on the ground. I thought, "This is the most powerful thing I can do! I'm going to be a writer."

I love things that are old and glittery, that come with layers of glamour and past lives.