I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you.

Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.

I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive...it's the thing that makes you better than you used to be.

You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account.

He loved me. He loved me, but he doesn't love me anymore, and it's not the end of the world.

Everyone has sorrow. Everyone has obligations. Everyone keeps going. You lean on the people who love you. You do the best you can, and you keep going.

People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's right for you.

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag lit.

Head's all empty, I don't care,' he'd sing to me, quoting the Grateful Dead, and I'd force a smile, thinking that my head was never empty and that if it ever was, you could be darn sure I'd care.

Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college.

We cannot transform what we refuse to engage

Pride is a sin that can readily be seen in others but is rarely admitted in ourselves.

When God wounds from on high he will follow with the remedy.

Color is the first revelation of the world.

A professional model is like a stuffed owl. These girls are alive.

Soup is to the meal, what the hostesses smile of welcome is to the party. A prelude to the goodness to come.

We don't need a nation that has national identity cards.

I'm not saying I want a film career because I think I'm too good for television. I'm simply saying I want more control over my life.

When you think of the good old days, think one word: dentistry.

I believe no challenge is more important to the character of America than restoring the right to life to all human beings.