I learned a lot about working with children, and about myself, and it reinforced my decision to pursue a career in teaching.

I had dreamed of visiting Bali for many years and because I had an extended family of Balinese friends in Los Angeles, I felt connected. The island is so peaceful and the smiles are constant.

Men are just jealous because they can't wear makeup.

Having a child keeps you very grounded. So when I decided to have a child, I made it clear to the people I work with that my job was no longer my priority.

There's always competition out there. That's what makes life exciting.

It was easy to run around barefoot in oblivion in Costa Rica. But once I gave birth to my child, I didnt want to be oblivious to the obvious.

I'm not surfing much anymore, but I love hiking and gardening, and I'm always wearing a hat and sunblock.

I can't remember the last time I was bored.

My favorite hotel is the Villa Alilla in Bali. The setting is pure bliss, overlooking the ocean of Uluwatu; the eye line makes you feel as if you're floating on top of the ocean.

I have great respect and understanding for military commitment due to my own family's involvement with the armed forces.

Being in the world of fashion you have to be very self-absorbed, and you are surrounded by people who are very self-absorbed.

May the grace of God keep you strong through every difficulty.

A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

You can do more with a castle in a story than with the best cardboard castle that ever stood on a nursery table.

Go is most fun I've had with a compiled PL since I've discovered Turbo Pascal as a kid.

Writing is not a profession. It's a calling. It's almost holy.

You must try, the voice said, to become colder. I understood at once. It's like the bodies of gods: cast in bronze, braced in stone. Only something heartless could bear the full weight.

Kissing could have begun as a way of sniffing out who's who. From a whiff to a kiss was just a short trip across the face.

I've been in enough movies to know that when you're on the set and you start shooting, you're looking at playback and you get a sense of what it's going to be like.

Be comforted with this divine thought that your spiritual and physical pains are the test of the Divine Will.

If a man, day and night, thinks he is miserable, low and nothing, nothing he becomes. If you say yea, yea, "I am, I am", so shall you be.