I am a miserable cook but an extremely talented eater.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

When you smile, you fill the world with joy.

He caught me up on wings of light, and showed me the realms of his creation, the glittering gemstones paving his heaven. He left my body weak and spent, my spirit gorged with honey.

You will never be a greater risk-taker in the markets if you approach life with a completely different attitude.

I was the classic middle child in some ways, the one who could have been a priest in an alternate universe.

Bill Cosby was the first comedian I was exposed to, because he doesn't curse.

Every damn President since I can remember has been so in love with foreign policy that they're just like a schoolboy with a new girl.

That's what my mother doesn't understand about my lipstick and dark clothes. I don't wear tattoos to freak her out; I wear them because I have to. It's me.

Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all the wings in 'Pure.

I would love a bowl of Frosties, but I start the day with something healthier like a bowl of yoghurt or berries.

Most people are afraid to follow their dreams. The thought of failure is too much for them to handle so they never even try to achieve them.