“Hats, like first husbands in my experience, are usually a mistake.”

“(about divorce): Sometimes you have to scrap your first draft and start over.”

“You are the sole author of the story of your life, my dear. Make it a good one.”

“You could BE somebody," he said, focusing a tight shot on her face. "Honey," she said, mugging for the camera like an old time movie queen, "I already am somebody.”

“We need creative license with the fictional narratives that become our memories. Anthologized, these are the tales that become the story of your life.”

“We never know how big a role we play in someone else's drama.”

“We're all storytellers. We choose to tell ourselves the kind of tale we want to hear.”