I'm tired of being Scarlett O'Hara. In my next life I'm going to come back as Melanie Wilkes, fragile and helpless.

You have to want to write and like to write. Sit down at that desk or machine or laptop and tell stories.

I raced through Killer Keepsakes and really loved it smart and interesting and entertaining.

Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose.

Because you live to love and love to live/ And because of what your heardrum will give/ Now we might love to live and live to love.

If you don't hunt it down and kill it, it will hunt you down and kill you.

A man cannot dress without his ideas get clothed at the same time.

It's not enough to win the tricks that belong to you. Try also for some that belong to the opponents.

Shoes are just a pedestal. What interests me is the power of the woman who wears them.

You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.

Someone's parents have been singing entirely the wrong sort of songs.

I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me

Our greatest national resource is the minds of our children.