I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.

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.

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.

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.

There is no limitation in God

Maybe you’re so good at listening that you have no idea when to speak.” ~Braeden

The brainy class is made up of individuals who think for themselves and beyond formal education are continuous learners who tend to be self-taught.

When you think of couponing, you picture a mom cutting coupons out of the back of the newspaper.

He spent all night staring down at the lights on L.A., wondering if he ever could go home.

In our society, marriage is not simply a governmental institution; it is a religious institution as well, today's decision might change the former, but it cannot change the latter.

The blood of a redheaded woman is three degrees cooler than the blood of a normal woman. This has been established by medical studies.

I just love putting on a show. I get a tremendous sense of community out of it.

Don't say yes until I've finished talking. - Attributed to many Hollywood executives Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny.

If you really want to love humanity, then you have to love humanity as it is now.