If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.

She felt everything too deeply, it was like the world was too much for her.

It's not only children who grow. Parents do too.

A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.

The big dramas that fascinate me are the quiet ones that happen behind closed doors in so-called ordinary families.

The painter who feels obligated to depict his subjects as uniformly beautiful or handsome and without flaws will fall short of making art.

At Home in the World is the story of a young woman, raised in some difficult circumstances, and how she survives. It tells a story of redemption, not victimhood.

To share our stories is not only a worthwhile endeavor for the storyteller, but for those who hear our stories and feel less alone because of it.

My job is writing. I get paid to do it. When was the last time you heard someone challenge a doctor for making money off of cancer?

The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.

Those who rhapsodize about the ease and joy of childhood have perhaps forgotten what it's like to be 12 years old.

Revenge is a dish best served published!

Celebrate you! For if you don’t, no one will.

The stories we are destined to tell find us.

The challenges I have faced—among them material poverty, chronic illness, and being raised by a single mother—are not uncommon, but neither have they kept me from uncommon achievements.

I want people to feel like they can do anything.

When you look in the mirror what do you see? Do you see the real you, or what you have been conditioned to believe is you?

I don't care about the past.

What's the main thing that makes magic magic? The fact that no one believes that it's possible.

I never thought I would end up being an actress. I thought I really was going to do serious stuff like law or politics.