Life’s too short to care about what other people think. Besides, they should accept us for who we are.
If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.
If you don’t want to sink, you better figure out how to swim.
When God closes a door, he opens a window, but it’s up to you to find it.
What I do know is that wondering why you survived don’t help you survive.
Unlike diamonds, watches were practical. They were for people on the run, people with appointments to keep and schedules to meet.
All seasons have something to offer.
It’s so much of what art and creativity are, being able to confront your own demons. If you can do that, you can get through just about everything.
A lady’s hair is her crowning glory.
She had her addictions and one of them was reading.
Too much hard luck can create a permanent meanness of spirit in any creature.
Life there was hard and it made people hard.
Fussing over children who cry only encourages them. That’s positive reinforcement for negative behavior.
Books are my very favorite gift to give. If you give a book to someone and they really respond to it, you feel you’ve actually changed their life in some way.
I was so worried that people wouldn’t like me or my story.
I always wanted to be a serious journalist.
I believe that everyone has some huge talent in them; the really lucky ones discover what it is.
I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
I’m a fairly fast, but sloppy writer, so I’m a big fan of re-writing, and re-writing again.
My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She’s an illustrator living in Manhattan.