After my years in Hollywood, I got tired of apologizing for work that really wasn't mine to begin with.

Happiness is seasonal, like anything else

Perhaps when we're forced to forfeit what we own, we lose any sentimental associations. Perhaps pawning our valuables frees us in the same way a house fire destroys not only our worldly goods, but our attachment to what's gone.

Some people can't see the color red. That doesn't mean it isn't there.

The character of Rosie is based on a woman who used to live in the same apartment building I lived in many years ago. She's taken on a life of her own, of course.

A woman should never, never, never be financially dependent to anyone, especially a man, because the minute you were dependent, you could be abused.

My second husband and I were going through a bitter divorce, and I didn't have the money for a fancy-pants attorney. I didn't know how to fight, so I'd lie awake at night and think of ways to kill him. But I knew I'd get caught, so I decided to put it in a book and get paid for it! I always think it's odd that a whole career came out of that homicidal impulse.