As for superpower: I wish I could eat a million pastries and not gain weight. I wish I were Pastry Woman.

Your basic extended family today includes your ex-husband or -wife, your ex's new mate, your new mate, possibly your new mate's ex and any new mate that your new mate's ex has acquired.

One cannot overstate the potential for hysteria on a movie set. Everyone always acts as if making the movie is as important as eradicating malaria.

in the family I grew up in, being called boring was like being called an ax murderer.

Someone will always tell you what you want to hear.

I have one rule I live by: Only do what you can do. That neans you're never looking outside for what's popular; you're always looking inside for what's true.

Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five, and the worst actually began to happen.