I’ve learned one important lesson in my life, and I’m going to share it with you. Don’t worry about bad things that haven’t happened yet. It will save you a lot of anxiety.
You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational – but it’s in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.
I’m writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don’t be afraid to shake it up.
I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in pain.
A library is a home filled with our stories. On every shelf, we see ourselves, experience our collective conscious, describe our dreams and our great longing for times that have passed, the sterling moment of the present and the glorious future known only in our imaginations.
If only men came made to order. It’s so hard to find a decent fellow.
If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.
Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.
It’s the secret to happiness, you know. Only take what you need.
Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.
Money doesn’t have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn’t. What matters is what you make. Whether it’s a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water-whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.
I’m very organized – and the best thing – when you love your work, you don’t mind putting in 15 hour days. It’s joyful.
This should tell you everything you need to know about guys. They only go after what they know they can get. We girls, on the other hand, aim really high. We take a leap...
Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.
Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.
Isn’t this the truth of any good mother? That in all of our lives. We worry only about those we brought into this world, regardless of whether they loved us back or treated us fairly or understood our shortcomings.
People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother’s house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.
This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling.
I don’t use a crap camera, I don’t eat junk, and I’m not going to a dance where the boys are bores.
The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.