Stripping toughened my hide, but exposing myself as a writer has been a lot more brutal.

I've always been a writer, I've always been a storyteller, but I never thought about screenwriting.

I know most people don't like to be around teenagers but I do. I'm one of the only people I can think of who can't wait for my kid to be a teenager. I think being a teenager is one of the most wonderful things in the world. I really enjoyed it - just this heightened emotional state where everything is beautiful and everything is new and you're convinced that you're really going to break the mould and be different from your parents. And the best part is that you have so much more time that you didn't have as a child.

Shoulda gone to China. They give away babies like free iPods. They put them in guns and shoot them out at sporting events.

The primary job for women in Hollywood is still super-attractive actress. That is the most high-profile women's job in Hollywood.

I try to avoid Twitter. I occasionally can't resist the siren call of email.

I didn't even know how to talk to people, I didn't know how to talk to the press. I was just a jester. And I still feel that way. But, I mean, what haven't I learned? Everything that I know is new information because I was starting with nothing.