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I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.
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My kids are more precious to me than anything. I'm with them all day, and I write all night.
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Writing is a solitary endeavor, but not a lonely one. When you write, your world is populated by the characters you invent, and you feel those people filling your life.
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It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.
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I don't like grand restaurants or kowtowing waiters. I don't need that kind of attention and I don't want it.
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I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.
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I always try to write about believable people.
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A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.
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I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth.
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I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.
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It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.
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I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.
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I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.
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I want to be Miss Universe when I grow up.
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If you can see the magic in a fairytale, you can face the future.
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I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
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I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.
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People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.
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I wish I were braver, although I try.
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Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.
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I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.
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In my late teenage years, I developed a real passion for it, and wrote a lot of poetry.
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If you see the magic in a fairy tale, you can face the future.
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I'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.