How to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans.

Optimism can be relearnt.

I'm proud of what I write and feel endorsed by my readers.

I haven’t had Botox because my face is a bit lopsided and I depend on keeping everything animated so that people don’t notice.

Failed relationships can be described as so much wasted make-up.

Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or anything that involved the creative process and behaving like tortured artists. ... I found financial insecurity a great aphrodisiac.

I went grey at 12, my eyesight went at 17. I've been a crock from very early on.