Albums that remind me of my childhood happiness make me incredibly sad now.

My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.

I don't think anyone wants to grow up to be Mindy Lahiri, the same way no one wants to grow up to be Michael Scott.But that's OK.

I think a lot of writers, male and female, write as if their parents were killed in a car accident when they were 2, and they have no one to hold accountable. And unfortunately, I don't have that. I have parents who I care about what they think.

I feel lucky because I was a nerd, which I talk about in the book, but I had academic success, so through that, because that's what my parents put a great deal of value on, I had a great childhood because I sort of fulfilled the expectations of being good at school.

I didn't completely forget how to be nice or feminine because I have a career.

Running is a quick trigger for a good mood. The great thing about endorphins, you don't have to be in great shape to get them.