Her problem wasn't she was a dumb blonde, it was she wasn't a blonde and she wasn't dumb.

I could never take the idea of religion very seriously.

I don't think that writer's block exists really. I think that when you're trying to do something prematurely, it just won't come. Certain subjects just need time, as I've learned over and over again. You've got to wait before you write about them.

I've never given up. I've always kept going. I don't feel that I could afford to give up. That would be the beginning of the end.

See, people come into your life for a reason. They might not know it themselves, why. You might not know it. But there's a reason. There has to be

celebrate while you can

I work very slowly. It's like building a ladder, where you're building your own ladder rung by rung, and you're climbing the ladder. It's not the best way to build a ladder, but I don't know any other way.