Long after Salinger sent me away, I continued to believe his standards and expectations were the best ones.

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.

Take time to be kind and to say 'thank you.'

I love to star in movies, but I want to have good roles. It doesn't help to get starring roles in something that's no good. I mean, that will just kill you.

I remember tap-dancing and singing in front of the TV when I was a kid, telling my dad to stop watching Ed Sullivan or Milton Berle and watch me.

We have got a very short time to turn climate change around otherwise we will all die.

I create women characters by watching the female staff at my studio. Half the staff are women.

Bring it on, Tinker Bell.

For years, I stored my sweaters in the oven.

I don't really worry about being typecast much. I mean, everyone in Hollywood is typecast to a degree.

My friend Sam has one leg. I went to his house. I couldn't go up the stairs.