I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

Sometimes, I think one should only live in the present. The past is only a heavy burden to carry with you. And yet... it's so hard to let them go... to forget... to move ahead.

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

I never met a chocolate I could not eat.

I write about the things that happen to us all. The things that are tough, the things that matter, from a loved one fighting an illness, to losing a job, being betrayed by somebody you trust, all parts of the human condition. No one is exempt from those things.

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.

My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.