I can't do impressions.

I think weather affects my mood a lot more than I thought, and I like to be in bad moods sometimes.

My painting teacher in high school used to say, 'I can't paint like I want to, but through practice I'll get better.' But I don't think that's true. I think sometimes you just can't paint.

If you're going to plan a wedding, then a certain amount of suffering is not a choice.

Growing up, I had one very specific idea of what a wedding should be, and that was the wedding of Fraulein Maria and Captain von Trapp in 'The Sound of Music.'

I once heard an exec say, "If you don't ask for it, we can't give it to you." We can't go through our lives just being grateful for everything.

When I laugh hard, sometimes I wet my pants, but I'm always relieved because that means I'm having a good time.

Most New Yorkers want to look amazing, and they want you to understand that they look amazing, but they also want you to stop staring at them.

New York is like the weirdest city in the United States, in a great way, and Los Angeles is probably more similar to most of America.

Los Angeles survives on that which is unpredictable. The unexpected courses through its very veins.

I guess it's easier to think badly and then be pleasantly surprised.

Take your beliefs into your everyday life. Practice what you preach. Self-observe. Correct. Try. Keep trying. Never give up.

Ill usage makes the sweetest of us vicious.

Knowing me better than I think anyone shouldExcept, perhapsNo, probablyNo, definitelyDefinitely except you

O Jesus and Mary, let my entire consolation in this world be to love you and to suffer for sinners.

When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types.

I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories.

I think if you've been given something in life you have a moral duty to give things back.

I know we loved each other, but distance can do strange things to people and before I was willing to tell you about it, I wanted to be certain that it would last

Don't be intimidated by what you don't know.

There are a lot of murder ballads out there, but most of them are about killing the woman. I was like, "We've gotta turn this around!"