One of the ways I think I gain fodder for characters is by watching people.

Obviously, it wasn't meant for me to die of cancer at 40. Every day my life surprises me, just like my cancer diagnosis surprised me. But you roll with it. That's our job as humans.

I've never been all that interested or aware of what people are thinking about me or saying about me. I think that has kept me safest and sanest.

Addiction has had such an impact on my life and the people I love, and there really is not a lot about it that is funny. So the last thing I wanted was to give the impression that it’s all fun and games, and isn’t it funny what she gets away with.

I don't watch a lot of television.

I never really wanted kids. I didn't not want them, but motherhood just wasn't something that pulled at me.

We're living in a time when parenting is not at all mirroring the way I was parented. For me, I just followed my parents around on their errands; when they were busy on the phone, I was quiet. It's a different kettle of fish these days: They run the house, and you listen to their music, and you go to their appointments.