When I'm working, it's great. When I'm not working, it's great.

Everyone has expectations. You just don't want to have them dashed, so you're quiet about them.

I think that the mark of a great book is that it will meet you wherever you're at and you'll feel and experience something new and different each time you read it.

Acting on stage is still my favorite thing to do. And everyone who's been in musicals knows that there is nothing more fun.

I distinguish sentiment from sentimentality. Sentimentality makes your skin crawl. It's like too much sugar. But, sentiment is a great feeling.

The purpose of fiction is to combat loneliness.

What I write is very personal, but not autobiographical. It's more 'thematically personal' - what's up in my life in terms of themes at the moment.