Most of my life I didn't feel very normal. There's definitely been some moments where I feel like, all right, I've finally graduated and I'm a normal lady.

I never thought I'd get a chance to do what I'm doing. It's such a dream.

Because you want to keep an air of calm and cool.

I learned the enormous power of writing for yourself, especially now that people seem to be receptive to the fact that women can write.

The thing you can do better than anyone else is love your children, because they're your children.

Lord knows I had what you could call many fashion Don'ts in my day.

You don't want to be the first person to tell your 5-year-old, like, 'You're going to have a life filled with disappointments and letdowns - enjoy!'