Getting the pretty back is about getting back in touch with your essential self: the part of you that knows what you really want.

I think once you sort of cross over and you realize what books can be - and if they mean something to you - there's just no stopping you.

I'm so associated with being young and being with a teenager.

I've been acting for so long it's more like - I won't say easy, exactly, but there's not the same angst with writing that comes about with acting. Writing - particularly when you're writing yourself, when it's you, when it's your life, you really can't hide.

I think you can be mature without being grown-up. You can also be grown-up without being mentally mature. One of them is forced, while the other one is your choice.

I can't' really sing a song unless I really connect with the lyrics.

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.