I had a nervous breakdown at 17 when my first love left me, and he was a typical bad boy, albeit a charismatic one, with a string of broken hearts trailing behind him.

Open adoption, when it works, is fabulous. But when it goes wrong, it's so traumatizing for everybody.

Writers are magpies, and we collect details about people and we use them for fictional characters.

Do what you love. Live fearlessly and take risks. Don't take no for an answer from anyone - go ahead and prove the naysayers wrong. Believe that anything can be possible.

I always think that in a big city, anything is possible, including reinventing yourself.

Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.

I was a bookworm who aced every test - until third grade, when my teacher handed out a pop quiz about Jesus and the Apostles.

L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me.

My first husband was a serial cheater.

Never be with anyone you couldn't imagine yourself being able to live without.

People love stories. They need stories.

Let us express love to lead and lead to love.

The sun, too, shines into cesspools and is not polluted.

The will of God prevails.

Movie studios are owned by giant corporations. They care about money; they dont care about movies.

People used to throw rocks at me for my clothes, now they wanna know where I buy them.

I grew up listening to old soul

I try to keep my private life private.

You can dream big and it doesn't matter what you look like, where you come from.

NASA is moving the space program to Starkville because it has no atmosphere.