You try to keep life simple but it never works, and in the end all you have left is yourself.

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.

It's disconcerting to realize how little you have to say to someone who once occupied such a prominent place in your bed.

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

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.

I think you'd best make your peace with the past since you've come this far. I think you know by now that you won't go back again.

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