We can only be said to be alive in those moments, where our hearts are conscious of our treasures.

Don't mention your move before you make a move.

Sometimes you have to let go in order to receive

Don't compare yourself to other MOMS... We are all just winging it, just some hide it better than others.

I started writing about New York as soon as I arrived. I was 19. I used to write short stories and send them out.

Pittsburgh has this rich industrial past, when it was the heart of the U.S. steel industry, and it burned out as the industry burned out and moved elsewhere.

I really love that dynamic between beauty and sadness...theres always these moments of quiet alienation, the sense of disconnect, but also, these moments of possibility.

Fame is a by-product which you have to deal with in a sensible way. To believe that it is anything more significant than that is deeply self-deceptive.

Albert Brooks is definitely one of my biggest influences, for sure.

If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.

I think if you serve under John Kelly your morale is going to be good.