I'm going to continue writing. I'll always be a storyteller. But I'm also taking time to enjoy my life.

I want to live in a world where people are judged by who they are instead of what size they wear.

I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.

As many times as I told her she was beautiful, I know that she never believed me. As many times as I said it didn’t matter, I knew that to her it did.

My book sales make 'real writers' possible.

I think every person who is single should have a dog. I think the government should step in and intervene: If you're not married or coupled up, whether you've been dumped or divorced or widowed or whatever, they should require you to proceed immediately to the pound nearest you and select an animal companion.

Well, you can’t control what they do, but you can control how you respond to it…whether you allow it to drive you crazy, or occupy all of your thoughts, or whether you note what they’re doing, consider it, and make a conscious decision as to how much you’ll let it affect you