Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry. They are not supposed to feed themselves or care about their own food. They're definitely not supposed to take food out of a child's mouth.

I think someone who writes a ghost story probably needs to believe it in some way.

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.

It's really difficult to know what is the best way forward when you're not getting a lot of support - and probably most writers aren't getting enough support.

I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted.

It is radical for a woman to choose to survive and to choose to eat anything.

When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.

I've always been a teaser, even as a kid.

Don't you think almost anything can be funny? Almost anything.

You can hurt people's feelings if you laugh.

We spent our lives making livings.

The boring thing about being interesting is that you bore boring people.

Paul said I am a man which am a Jew of Tarsus a city in Cilicia a citizen of no mean city.

Eight years of work can be copied in six months. It wasn't inevitable that it was going to work. A stolen design is stolen time.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

What I want is what I've not got, but what I need is all around me.

God is not disillusioned with us. He never had any illusions to begin with.

Truth allows no choice.

Surround your marriage with people who pull you toward your spouse.

Ive spent my whole life working in a medium that was regarded with contempt largely because of historical reasons.