A home is very, very important to me. But I do change things around a lot.

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.

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.

Some of us are born with a sense of loss. It is not acquired as we grow. It is already there from the beginning, and it pervades us throughout our lives.

Cats are so interesting - endlessly fascinating.

I don't think age has anything to do with what you write about.

I love to decorate and redecorate. Now it's called interior design, but the term decorating is fine with me.