In the past, I'll admit, I've enjoyed being compared to the protagonists in my screenplays.

Love is mysterious and rad, like Steve Perry from Journey

I want Maggie Gyllenhaal. I don't know why. I don't think she necessarily looks like me or acts like me, I just think she's a cool actress and she could play me, so there you go.

Juno MacGuff: I was out handling things way beyond my maturity level.

I've been watching 'American Idol' since its debut season in 2002. Back then, America hadn't yet evolved into a gladiatorial cybernation of bloggers, tweeters, and self-ordained voice coaches.

People don't have these tidy little redemption arcs in reality the way they do in movies.

I just go about my life. I'm a mom, I drive an SUV, I go to the grocery store every day. I'm definitely not a celebrity. I always say that I'm a celebrity-adjacent.