Nothing like being visible, publishing one's work, and speaking openly about one's life, to disabuse the world of the illusion of one's perfection and purity.

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.

And Daniel?" She asked."Daniel was a player-""Hey!" "That's what they called the actors." Bill rolled his eyes.

I'll always be into sports. Sports is part of my life forever.

I feel at times that I'm making up these little people and I've lost my mind.

Much of our national debate proceeds as if China and America were locked in a zero-sum game in which one's loss is precisely the other's gain.

Until women assume their rightful place on earth there will never be an end to wars, cruelty and oppression.

I can only listen to what I'm working on, at the time. I can't listen to anything else because I don't want to copy it.

Whatever you do, whether you're doing a television drama or a romantic comedy, you want to be relevant, to some degree.

A sexually fulfilled husband will do anything for you.

When you control your thoughts and emotions, you control everything.

All of which raises another question: If Obamacare is so great, why do so many people want to get out from under it?