Philosophy wasn't about facts, it was about ideas. My first essay title was something like: 'How can you know what other people are thinking?' I thought, 'Wow, what an amazing thing.' I really thought deeply for the first time.

The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.

If I've learned one lesson from all that's happened to me, it's that there is no such thing as the biggest mistake of your existence. There's no such thing as ruining your life. Life's a pretty resilient thing, it turns out.

Jeez Louise. I know why rich people are so thin: it's from trekking around their humongous houses the whole time.

Life's too short for minimalism.

I can see the warmth. He's falling for me.

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.