Whatever it is that gives you that confidence will vary from person to person, but I do believe that it is the key to succeeding at anything in life - career, relationships, anything.

Books have always been really important to me; they're my saving grace.

I've always been the bookish type, and I've never really hidden that about myself.

I feel like women very often do write differently than men, but women write things that men can't write.

I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.

When I was a little kid I thought I would grow up to be black and sing jazz in nightclubs.

I just needed to leave Hollywood.