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

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

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 just needed to leave Hollywood.

I think when people hear about a celebrity writing a book of any kind, the assumption is that it was dictated to a ghostwriter.

I write in bed, too. I find it very comforting. I want to sort of, like, crawl in a fetal position if I have to.

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