Pay minimum wage, you get minimum work. Nobody seems to get that.

Train yourself to listen to that small voice that tells us what's important and what's not.

Society values cooperation over independence, obedience over individuality, and niceness above all else.

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

Emotion doesn't travel in a straight line. Like water, our feelings trickle down through cracks and crevices, seeking out the little pockets of neediness and neglect, the hairline fractures in our character usually hidden from public view.

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.

Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.