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

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

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.

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

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.

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.