Not all women write the same. But I don't understand why the model is that you're supposed to write like a man, and that means you're a real writer.

I used to sing with my father's jazz band and then when I was ten years old a musician friend of his suggested that I try out for the first west coast production of Annie.

The wonderful thing about books is you never run out of them, you can just keep going. So I'm always finding new writers, or old writers that I just happen not to have read.

What I like about being alone is being able to do whatever you want and it's for yourself.

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.

Jazz is my comfort music, like comfort food.

The cover I was really excited about was 'Seventeen' magazine. To me, it was much bigger than 'Time.' 'Seventeen' was where I wanted to be.