I feel like you don't know if someone's equipped for a romantic relationship until they're out of their twenties.

I'm ridiculous in my oversharing; my mom and sister are very open but a little more judicious than me... and my father is a decidedly private person.

There's a certain grace to having your heart broken.

The current economic climate means getting out of college is no guarantee of getting a job, and no guarantee of a satisfying work life. My Dad feels that this is the first generation of Americans that expects that there children will have a harder time then they did. That's a fascinating concept.

I still go to a party and say something embarrassing to someone, and then write them a weird e-mail about it the next day, and then write them a text because I think they didn't get the e-mail. No matter what happens with your level of success, you still have to deal with all the baggage that is yourself.

I don"t feel like there are a tremendous amount of roles for the size I am.

That's the feeling [of relativity] I always had about [Judy Blume] books which I re-read and re-read and re-read.