Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.

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

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

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.

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.

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

Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.