L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me.

A haunting, harrowing punch to the heart, Among the Missing is flat-out brilliant. About the secrets we keep, the lives we are desperate to live, and the chances we miss, it's a psychological dazzler. Truly, one of my favorite books of this year-or any year.

A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.

I've always had a clear sense that time is short and we need to live as fully as we can in every moment.

I always think that in a big city, anything is possible, including reinventing yourself.

A product name has to be specific. You know that Tasty Soup is tasty - that Hot Chips will burn off the roof of your mouth.

Never be with anyone you couldn't imagine yourself being able to live without.