I have a tremendous appetite for life; the phone rings and your whole life could change.

The minute that you bring a unicorn into a story, you know that it's a fairy tale or a fable, because unicorns don't exist as animals. They exist as fantasy creatures.

When I'm traveling to promote my book, I feel like an artful impostor. What I really am is when I'm in my (painter's) studio and when I'm writing. With actors, it's the same thing. They're kind of artful impostors in public. When you get to know them, they're different people.

A work of fiction is conceived very much the same way as a dream occurs in the mind of a sleeper.

I've always believed that one woman's success can only help another woman's success.

If you have health, you have everything.

I've resolved so many things in my life. I like the idea of showing that you can go through a lot and still be on your feet, still be working, and still be positive about life.