"I think we should stop asking people in their 20s what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do. Instead of asking students to 'declare their major' we should ask students to 'list what they will do anything to avoid.' It just makes a lot more sense."
"I just love bossy women. I could be around them all day. To me, bossy is not a pejorative term at all. It means somebody's passionate and engaged and ambitious and doesn't mind leading."
"If boys say something that's not funny, you don't have to laugh."
"I think we should stop asking people in their twenties what they 'want to do' and start asking them what they don't want to do."
"I think if I have established anything in my book, it's that a key element of being my friend is being comfortable with my forced fun."
"You deserve love and you'll get it."
"Don't start a scene where two people are talking about jumping out of a plane. Start the scene having already jumped. If you are scared, look into your partner's eyes. You will feel better."
"I asked people who have already finished books for advice, which is akin to asking a mother with a four-year-old what childbirth is like."
"It's interesting that people always want to ask me and a lot of working mothers, how do you do it? And it's like well, just like everybody else. It proves it's a bad question."
"It's nice to be short, because people expect less from you."
