I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.

In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.

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?

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

We are always better than before when those we love inflict wounds upon us.

.. All you know is your parents telling you that you're not deserving, you're not worthy, and no one will ever want you. Believe me, tapes like that play so loud, you can't hear anything else. Even when it's clear otherwise.

There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]