I can't watch iceskating because the whole time I think they're going to fall! I get so uncomfortable.

I think it's a tough road if you're a stay-at-home mom, a working mom, if you have a partner, if you don't. It's the best job in the world, and the toughest job in the world all at the same time.

I keep lip gloss everywhere. It always makes me feel like I am slightly put together.

My mom, the fabulous Bertie Kinsey, is an amazing seamstress. She quilts and sews and is so crafty. We call her the Southern Martha Stewart!

Now that I'm a mom, I'm way more laid back. If you come into my house, don't look for a coaster. Forget it. There is not a piece of furniture in my house now that is too precious.

I grew up overseas in Indonesia, and my school had a great art, music, and theatre program.

I have a very normal life. I go to the grocery store, I go to Target. I don't have an assistant, I don't have an entourage.

I don't want to live in a world where I could say to my daughter, 'There used to be turtles that swam in the ocean.'

I have a special place in my heart for working moms - it's a constant pull on your heartstrings.

Cats are more interesting, let's face it. Dogs are loveable and a bit boring.

Seriously, I will probably out-talk you if you come up to me because I'm a chatterbox.

I may not hate all of the people all of the time, but I hate all of them some of the time, and I hate some of them all of the time.

I suffer because my interactions with others do not meet the expectations I did not know I had.

There is one experience that brings joy or happiness to every living being. The experience of love.

Change is one thing, progress is another.

The most original novelist now writing in English.

The reason I didn't take the baseball route is because they don't have rankings for baseball players.

You only live once. Life is a show

Commerce is a noble profession, and Jews should get over any self-hatred they might harbor from contemplating the capitalist spirit of diaspora Judaism.

The willow which bends to the tempest often escapes better than the oak which resists it.

Oppose not rage while rage is in its force, but give it way a while and let it waste.