Chick lit was amazing, and I was thrilled to be part of it.

Nothing in this world happens without a reason. That we are all exactly where we are supposed to be, and that the pieces of the puzzle have a tendency to come together when you least expect it.

Life, Steffi has learned, carries on around the pain, making room for it, absorbing it until it becomes part of the daily fabric, wrapping itself around you and lodging itself in your heart.

You are the best person I've met in years, and if I'd met you in a year's time, or maybe even a few months, I know we could be happy together, but I can't give you what you need.

Every time my dreams threaten to become reality, something always happens and I end up alone.

As Carrie Fisher once said in a film, everyone thinks they have good taste and a sense of humour.

Whether you are inspired or not, the only way to unlock your creativity, is to start writing.

Fantasies are absolutely safe, as long as you never try to make them a reality.

I think relationships are very difficult. It's very easy to get swept away with excitement, glamour, and passion. I think the trick is to look for friendship rather than passion.

Anyone can live in a house, but homes are created with patience, time and love.

It's about thinking that being blonde and slim and perfect will automatically bring you happiness, and then discovering that life is full of as many disappointments as there were before.

Build your home in small moments of joy, and you will always feel at home.

Everyone knows the principles of Beautiful life but, only few of them have opportunities to follow them.

Oh the wonders of being married. Put a gun in one hand and a woman in the other, I'm never sure who's going to kill me first.

Theres heaven in the sweet by and by but there is to be victory in the nasty now and now.

Home is where you hang your hangover.

The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.

The tillage of the soil occupies the vast majority of those who work for their own bread.

And about in the late '80s, I got kind of burned out a little bit.

It's to surprise people about something that is extremely well known. I mean human reproduction, the human body, nature and so on. To surprise them with a new technique.

If in my twenties I'd gotten one of the two-dozen roles that I did screen tests for and almost got, I think I would have become bored with the awards circuit, the whole hype machine.