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

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

When you say you're 40, you can't call yourself an ingenue any more.

In life, there is always that special person who shapes who you are, who helps to determine the person you become.

It's the universal feeling that we all are alone - that we're all different. I think the movie's one resounding theme is that everybody feels the same, and we're all alone together. Some people come up to me on the street and thank me for helping them get through their teen years.

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 just did in my early twenties what most did when they were teenagers, being free and exploring and making mistakes, but I did it in France. I did it privately.