Here's who it's okay to share a bed with: . . . A heating pad. An empty bag of pita chips. The love of your life.

Throughout the day I often ask myself, Could I fall asleep right now? and the answer is always a resounding yes.

Luxury is nice, but creativity is nicer.

I have been envious of male characteristics, if not the men themselves. I'm jealous of the ease with which they seem to inhabit their professional pursuits: the lack of apologizing, of bending over backward to make sure the people around them are comfortable with what they're trying to do. The fact that they are so often free of the people-pleasing instincts I have considered to be a curse of my female existence.

I frustrate myself as a writer. There are certain things that I'll think, 'Well, that would be really fun to play... if somebody else was playing this character.'

If a young woman is looking at the landscape of Hollywood, what she sees is almost only challenges.

My mom said the term heavy petting existed a lot when she was in high school.