Don't be too precious or attached to anything you write. Let things be malleable.

I felt like that character in Flowers for Algernon. Not Charlie, the lady teacher from the college who realizes, 'I've got to stop dry-humping this mentally challenged guy!

In my experience, the hardest thing about having someone "come out" to you is the "pretending to be surprised" part.

Lesson learned? When people say, "You really, really must" do something, it means you don't really have to. No one ever says, "You really, really must deliver the baby during labor." When it's true, it doesn't need to be said.

I do like to start on time; I like to set the bar high for people.

I never get to go to movies, because I'm a mom.

It's easy to fall into the trap of just cranking out things that are good enough to sell.