In short, the satisfaction of creating, not necessarily the process, always lifts my heart.

You bring your own weather to the picnic.

The ugliest truth, in the end, was still better than the prettiest of lies.

Only bad writers think they're good.

Hope can be the most wonderful thing in the world or it can crush your heart like an eggshell.

..."better to have loved and lost" bullshit. Don't show me paradise and then burn it down.

There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.

Trust is like that. You can break it for a good reason. But it still remains broken.

This is the price you pay for having a great father. You get the wonder, the joy, the tender moments - and you get the tears at the end, too.

A novel is like a sausage. You might like the final taste but you don't want to see how it was made.

Sometimes the loudest cries for help are silent.

Being different is a revolving door in your life where secure people enter and insecure exit.

As I see it every single day you do one in every of two issues: construct well being or produce illness in your self.

I didn't even know Vogue existed when I was growing up.

It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip.

And smile, smile, smile.

It looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.

Meditation means to awaken new dimensions within you.

I don't walk around like I'm a movie star because I don't think of myself as a movie star. People usually don't even notice me.

Curiosity takes courage. The most important promises are the ones you make to yourself. Pay Attention. Appreciate. Listen. Imagine.

I would love to walk into a mall and see more than two or three stores that cater to women who are a size 14 and up!