The signature of a truly enviable woman is the tenacity and continuity of her women friends.

being funny is a way of being liked and a way of dealing with sadness.

Sloth is the fastest-growing lifestyle movement in the world, and that's because it is completely doable. If you embrace sloth, it's the last thing you'll ever have to do again.

The arts reflect profoundly the most democratic credo, the belief in an individual vision or voice . . . The arts' belief in potential gives each of us -- both audience and creator -- pride in our society's ability to nurture individuals.

The signature of a truly enviable woman is the tenacity and continuity of her women friends.

Being a grownup means assuming responsibility for yourself, for your children, and - here's the big curve - for your parents.

I very much write from characters. Those people start speaking, and then I have them in the house with me and I live with them. Then at some point, it's time to get them out of the house. You can only live with someone like Dr. Georgeous Teitelbaum from THE SISTERS ROSENSWEIG for so long, and then it's time for her to go. But it is very like having the company of these people and trying to craft them in some way into a story.