When I was turning 40, I felt that there were no books out there that hit the spot in terms of what I wanted to read.

I think people assume that women write about the domestic sphere. Women write about relationships and family. Men do, too, but then it's the Great American Novel.

Sometimes when people have kids young, they're not ready.

Automatically everybody thinks of me as an actress who is trying to sing. And if I weren't me I'd probably think the same thing.

I think once you're a mother, you kind of always see your kids as a baby anyway no matter how old they get.

All of the advice that I give, I'm not an expert by any means, but it's just my opinion. So if somebody likes me or likes y style or my career, I think they should have that feeling.

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