Sometimes I feel I can't quite master my written and spoken Spanish, because I'm too much a student of English. I would need another lifetime to learn it.

You'll change. You'll see. Wait till you meet Mr. Right.

Heartbreak makes us stronger; it's an opportunity for spiritual growth. How can you understand someone else's pain if you have not yourself suffered?

We women shouldn't get our driver's licenses till real late in life.

You know how sometimes you're talking to people who love you and give you unconditional love, and you say, "But you know what? Let me back up. I forgot to say . . ."You can do that, right? You don't hesitate and say, "Oh my God! I forgot to say that!". You just speak! And you say it all, until you have nothing more to say. And that's your first draft. It's done.

Some people need flowers, some people need dandelions. It's medicine, it's what you need at that time in your life.

I was reading all these male writers who were doing wild and wonderful things. It gave me permission to experiment.