I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.

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

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.

When you love what you do, it stops seeming like work and instead becomes necessity.

Do what you love. Live fearlessly and take risks. Don't take no for an answer from anyone - go ahead and prove the naysayers wrong. Believe that anything can be possible.

I write about the things that haunt or obsess me.

I have to admit that many of the relationships I write about are destructive, but that's the yin to the yang of a good relationship. Maybe you have to experience the terrible ones to appreciate the good unions!