“Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.”

“There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won't.”

“Well I thought my time was over, but it’s only just begun.”

“How do you and your mother manage to get your hair exactly the same shade? It's uncanny." "I'll have you know, I'm a natural blonde!" "How could I know that? You wouldn't let me turn the lights on.”

“I’ve been fighting to be who I am all my life. What’s the point of being who I am, if I can’t have the person who was worth all the fighting for?”

“All you have to do is put one word after another, and remember how great it feels to be a writer.”

“Let the grass die. I let almost all of my indoor plants die from neglect while I was writing the book. There are all kinds of ways to live. You can take your choice. You can keep a tidy house, and when St. Peter asks you what you did with your life, you can say, 'I kept a tidy house, I made my own cheese balls.”