Luckily I'm on prescription drugs that prevent me from worrying about anything too much.

I think humor is like a shield that lets you get as close to the sad sad flame as possible - far closer, oftentimes, than drama.

exercise will never be my lover. Or even my friend. For me, a workout is more like an annoying coworker I have to see a few times a week.

During my MFA, I was lucky to be surrounded by a really supportive group of peers. And now I get feedback pretty exclusively from freaks only.

Las Vegas is incredible. Either you love it or you're a classy person with morals. I fall into the former category. It's definitely bled into my writing.

If you're a beautiful Caucasian woman, and you commit a heinous crime, it's like people don't want to acknowledge the reality of your actions.

I'm a big people pleaser; I had a very awkward adolescence. Part of me is still that person who wants everyone to like me.

I've seen men in $5,000 suits urinate in public fountains here. Las Vegas is the best place on earth.

I really want readers to put themselves into the shoes of each character. So the opening lines are an orienting technique: this is where you are, this is who you are. Go.

My writing circle isn't too full of people who fall into the "Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Tuesdays With Morrie" category.

I don't consider myself attractive. I'm an academic, and in academia, people will write you off if you look younger.

your vision should be like a DSLR lens, only positivity should be focused and negativity should be blurred

The presidency is temporary-but the family is permanent.

I'd rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt.

What worth was a man who could not be haunted?

Anyone who does anything useful will not go unpaid.

I am just a curious gal who is continuing to be curious.

Just for once, I want someone to want me more than anybody else. To put me first.

The ultimate test of our integrity is not how we deal with those whom we agree but how we deal with those who we do not agree.

My mom is a very warm, typical sort of Jewish-mother type. And my dad has a somewhat, um, different personality.

I'm not someone who likes to go out very much.