I like to say, jazz music is kind of like my musical equivalent of comfort food. You know, it's always where I go back to when I just want to feel sort of grounded.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

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

Originally I considered myself a singer.

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've always been the go-to girl for all of my girlfriends in terms of relationship advice or clothing advice.

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