At some point, the pride has to be a part of the whole day-to-day oeuvre. It's part of who you are and doesn't need to be discussed anymore.

I'm studying Kabbalah, which is really the essence of Jewish spirituality.

When you're constantly looking for things from other people, you're not looking within yourself.

My father was a proctologist and my mother was an abstract artist, so that's how I view the world.

Love is the only shocking act left on the face of the earth.

Everybody has their own way of tapping into their realness.

I really, really love Hilary Clinton. I think she's very cool. She's out there and she's involved.

That disturbs people when they know they didn't have the guts or integrity to stick to their dreams.

I don't believe in karma.

At no time do I come from a cynical point of view. I'm coming from a concerned point of view.

When you're watching the news, how many days in a row can you watch that and feel good about yourself and the world?

While farmers contribute to our survival, let us also do our part by showing them respect in form of not wasting food.

We women talk too much, but even then we don't tell half what we know.

Are you casting asparagus on my cooking?

Skills are really just circuits in your brain

Being an entrepreneur is like eating glass and staring into the abyss of death.

Jazz music just resonates with the frequency of me.

When we cling to pain, we end up punishing ourselves.

Six weeks is a long time to wait, and a still longer time for a girl to keep a secret.

I think I'm a better mother because of work, because I'm happy. If I wasn't working, I would just be waiting for the kids to come home every day, and living vicariously through their lives.

Writing is the only thing in my life that doesn't get easier. It just doesn't.