The most important thing to realize is that everyone is capable of telling a story.

We have to make our own happiness, and we have to make our own decisions and play the hand that is dealt to us.

Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.

In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that's me!

You're much more believable if you talk in your own voice.

If you woke up each morning, and immediately dwelt on your ills, what sort of a day could you look forward to?

I don't think you're happier if you're thin or beautiful or rich or married. You have to make your own happiness. My heroines do not become beautiful elegant swans, they become confident ducks and get on with life.