I am the captain of my pain.
I knew I wanted to be a writer. Where I came from, no one was a writer. I came from Long Island, and everyone became a doctor or a lawyer or an engineer or a teacher or a businessman. I didn't know any writers.
Her lips were like the soft beauty of a delicately designed silken scarf.
What is absolutely true is that any good [Television] series has a specific voice. And I think that voice is almost exclusively the domain of the executive producer. . . . As a staff writer you're not being called upon to be the great creative person. You're sort of called upon to understand the characters and their voices and put them through certain paces.
Listening takes practice, and it takes patience. But I promise, if you listen, your story will be better for it.
I feel like a centrist, an issue-specific person. I'm pretty conservative fiscally and pretty liberal on social issues.
I'm a member of the Pacific Council on International Policy.
I'm a cereal girl. I have always loved my cereal ever since I was a kid.
You can't overestimate the need to plan and prepare. In most of the mistakes I've made, there has been this common theme of inadequate planning beforehand. You really can't over-prepare in business!
90% of all those who fail are not actually defeated. They simply quit.
I'd like to write fiction. Perhaps at some stage.