Fanscination is what keeps a writer going. To be able to write, a writer has to be fascinated about a particular something that becomes the idea of the story

Romance is good, you know

Observing people. A spark of idea for a story sometimes comes from the simple act of observation.

People say that Paris is the city of love, but for me, New York deserves the title more. It's impossible not to fall in love with the city like it's almost impossible not to fall in love in the city.

Writers perform the so-called counterfactual thinking all the time. All the time. For most people, counterfactual thingking is a habit, but for writers, it is a necessity

A kiss should be personal, not a mandatory public event

People say that Paris is the city of love, but for Raia, New York deserves the title more. It's imposible not to fall in love with the city like it's almost impossible not to fall in love in the city

The quieter you become, the more you can hear.

If you do not believe that listening to the best people in the business telling you what they know will help you succeed, then you have allowed your ego and arrogance to get the best of you.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

It is the custom on Africa to always produce new and monstrous things. [Fr., Afrique est coustumiere toujours choses produire nouvelles et monstrueuses.]

We must bear in mind the possibility that the greater opportunities open in the twentieth century to women may be quite withdrawn, and that we may return to stricter regimentation of women.

We're not broken, just bent, and we can learn to love again.

Both criticism and praise is part of putting yourself out there.

And it was pretty clear that no prince was showing up, or at least that he was really late.

In some ways, you could argue, television is doing far more interesting work than the movies. It's more fulfilling.

There are women who have completely transformed my view of fashion.