They said I was a valued customer. Now they send me hate mail.

And we spend the rest of the evening getting very pissed and eating ice cream, as we always do when something good or bad happens to either one of us.

sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to know what you're going to do next!

You never know how things are going to turn out, however much you plan. But you already know that.

My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them.

Like most of us, I'm used to juggling about 52 roles in life. Wife. Mother. Sister. Friend. Author. Sometimes I feel a bit 'multiple-personality'.

Everyone knows the first rule of business is "Look good during confrontations." Or if it isn't, it should be.