When a solid first draft of an original tale is complete...you feel as if you could do anything.

It's okay to fail. It does not make you forever a failure. In fact, there are no failures really. Only human beings doing the best they can.

I wish my brain had an off switch. Maybe that way I could get some sleep.

When I am alone, I drink my tea with pinkie raised, like a kid playing "tea party." At times, a fancy British accent is involved. Dahling!

I want everyday magic.

If you think someone is humble, never tell them so. You will unknowingly rob them of the very thing you admire.

Walking the Camino de Santiago taught me the wonders of physical challenge, the wonders of spiritual freedom, and the wonders of baby powder.

The night before a deadline, I usually am in desperate need of a back rub. And new wrists. And candy. And little mice to secretly finish the job while I am sleeping.

If I had a nickel for all the times I've been shushed in my life? Bam! Instant millionaire!

Each night, I close my eyes and dream. In the morning, I open my eyes again, but the dreaming doesn't stop.

Sometimes I dream so vividly, so expectantly, I wonder if I'm crazy...

There is no God and we are his prophets.

Because of you my golden childhood is lost in the corridors of wastes.

Don't make the mistake of treating your dogs like humans, or they'll treat you like dogs.

For me, the Profumo affair symbolizes the evanescence of male government compared to women's cosmic power.

Excellence and competitiveness aren't incompatible with honesty and integrity.

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard.

What good is it being Marilyn Monroe? Why can't I just be an ordinary woman?

Yea, he's alright...but he's no Zach Braff.