If you put a pink cover on something, critics make a certain set of assumptions and may not even read the book. But my readers are happy with it.

Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.

I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

Sometimes the worst thing that happens to you, the thing you think you can't survive...it's the thing that makes you better than you used to be.

You should be concerned about the state of your soul, not the state of your bank account.

He loved me. He loved me, but he doesn't love me anymore, and it's not the end of the world.

Everyone has sorrow. Everyone has obligations. Everyone keeps going. You lean on the people who love you. You do the best you can, and you keep going.

People will want you to behave a certain way, to make a certain choice because it reinforces the way they see the world...But you have to do what's right for you.

My feeling about my own work is, I could be writing 'The Aeneid' and they would still have to call it chick lit or mommy lit or menopausal old hag lit.

Head's all empty, I don't care,' he'd sing to me, quoting the Grateful Dead, and I'd force a smile, thinking that my head was never empty and that if it ever was, you could be darn sure I'd care.

Read everything. Read fiction and non-fiction, read hot best sellers and the classics you never got around to in college.

She was no longer struggling against the perception of facts, but adjusting herself to their clearest perception.

Never ever doubt in magic. The purest honest thoughts come from children, ask any child if they believe in magic and they will tell you the truth.

Independent film is taking risks in all areas. It's not just about complicated women.

Slate is not a political magazine but a lot of what it does is politics.

[ Cyber hacking] that's probably the only thing that we've learned from Hillary Clinton.

It’s hard, in America, not to equate ‘happiness’ with ‘things’.

Not to be egotistical, but I don't think there is a man on this planet who can beat me

My goal with everything that I do is to present things in a way that I would want to see if I was in the audience or buying the record.

You see yourself as a good product that sits on a shelf and sells well, and people make a lot of money out of you.

Be open to all teachers And all teachings, And listen with your heart.