I always wonder, aside from even my name, what if my parents never split up? What if my mother never died? It swirls in my head all the time.

I'm the luckiest unlucky person.

Not many people have had as much bad luck as I have, but not many people have had as much good luck, either.

It's not the child's responsibility to teach the parent who they are. It's the parent's responsibility to learn who the child is.

I start crying when certain things come up, certain memories, certain feelings, and it's intense. But I think it's good for me - and therapeutic.

Life can very genuinely and realistically pile things on. It doesn't dole out the heartache and pain, or joy, perfectly.

When anything huge happens to me, I always think, this isn't my moment, this is a moment.

I love devastating movies, documentaries and hummingbirds (yes, in that order).

When I couldn't get ahold of cigarettes, I'd roll coffee grounds into typing paper and smoke that and then vomit.

My age makes all my wrinkles and gray hair make sense.

I didn't know whether I'd be attractive to anybody.

If all shy, soulful young women who dreamed of becoming writers for a living actually could do that, imagine the library we would have.

... Kenny G is extremely talented and resourceful and a powerful force to be reckoned with ... Mr. G might not seem evil, but I fear him more than any other human being.

Our doubts are traitors And make us lose the good we oft might win By fearing to attempt.

It was the first time I traveled alone, but I was not scared.

Who cannot open an honest mind No friend will he be of mine.

If I ever met Dolly Parton for sure, I would just not be able to say anything. I love her.

Raw toast," Lucas said grimly, shaking his head. "It goes against the very nature of man.

Psychology is a bus that accompanies an airplane.

Vision makes the difference for your future.

I tweet myself and do all the Facebook updates. It started off with me wondering whether I was showing off and I was very careful about what I wrote.