I was really drawn to thinking about the women in my life. Thinking about my mother, who's a very powerful force on me. And I have these two very strong sisters who took up a lot of imaginary space in my life.

Clavo saca clavo. Nothing sacas nothing, you reply. No one will ever be like her.

[The biggest disappointment is] that he [Barack Obama] deported everybody and their grandmother.

The truth is there ain’t no relationship in the world that doesn’t hit turbulence.

This country has such little sense of itself sometimes, I'm astonished. America is one of the biggest myth-making countries, whether we're talking about how many books are published, how many movies we make. But the greatest myth of all is what America is.

I am a chatty person, but colossally discreet.

I sat down next to her. Took her hand. This can work, I said. All we have to do is try.