I was the all-American face. You name it, honey - American Dairy Milk, Metropolitan Life insurance, McDonald's, Burger King. The Face That Didn't Matter - that's what I called my face.

Most bad behavior comes from insecurity.

It's such an amazing thing to be loved for who you are.

When you connect with a cause, it's like falling in love.

Denying the lines on our faces makes a comment about age and wisdom I don't care to make.

I want to start a trend of women as we really look. Some good things, some not so good. I am tired of looking at frozen faces.

A good marriage is different to a happy marriage.

The older you get, the more you've done.

I do not need a lot of money to be happy.

It's no secret that I didn't love 'An Officer And A Gentleman' then, and I certainly don't love it now, so at least no one could accuse me of being inconsistent.

I don't think it is worth trying to look 10 years younger through surgery.

Why should one hate you when you were so small? Could you be worth hating?

If I can trust the word of a friend, why do I question the word of the God of the universe? Go figure. Sin is truly bizarre." [Running Scared, p. 111]

I feel like Alice in Wonderland. Maybe Lewis G Carroll was on drugs too.

In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us to swim.

There's no cap on success. The jury stays out till you take your last breath.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

The idea of not getting a gun is not because I'm afraid of guns, it's not because I think guns are wrong, it's because it's impractical, it's stupid and it's exactly what they want me to do.

My characters talk to one another, and when it reaches a certain pitch of excitement I jump out of bed and run and trap them before they are gone.

My suspicion is that once you have literacy in place, the readership has not changed very much.

Short-sightedness is killing us.