A lot of first novels are written long before they're actually put down on paper.

One of the gifts one movie lover can give another is the title of a wonderful film they have not yet discovered

There must be a better reason to have a baby than to provide a plot point in a rom-com. Don't you think?

I wear a pedometer, a little device that counts every step. It works as a goad, because you walk additional distances to pile up the numbers. The average person walks 2,000 to 3,000 steps a day. I walk 10,000 steps a day. I have lost a lot of weight as a result.

I don't think Bush was legitimately elected President.

I am utterly bored by celebrity interviews. Most celebrities are devoid of interest.

I begin to feel like I was in the last generation of Americans who took a civics class. I begin to feel like most Americans don't understand the First Amendment, don't understand the idea of freedom of speech, and don't understand that it's the responsibility of the citizen to speak out.