People love the way they're capable of loving-but that's not always how you want them to love or how you think they should love.

I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.

Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.

When I was a child, our summer days were spent swimming; chlorine in my hair was like perfume to me.

There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.

I really just wanted to be a writer, but people tell you, 'You should have a backup career,' so I thought, 'OK, I'll act.' That was the foolishness of my vision for my life - that my backup career would be completely undependable.

I'm not the angry, rebellious child that I was. You can remain a child for a long time. I certainly did. I was a slow learner.