So often people tell me: you got me through this, you've really helped me. And I never realized that part of what I do is that I give people hope.

Who doesn't need hope in their lives: hope that something can change, that someone cares, that not only bad things happen unexpectedly but good things can happen to us too?

Never lend your car keys to someone you gave birth to.

I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.

Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.

It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.