Never reveal your insecurities to a man, because nine times out of 10 they have no idea they even exist.

I always describe my career as something where nothing ever popped overnight.

Reese Witherspoon is my everywoman. She's managed to have a family and this amazing career. That's the goal.

I look at my father. He is one of my heroes. He is such an incredible, classy man. He was such a great father and such a great husband in so many ways, and we lived through some pretty tough times losing my mom. When I see all that he did, I think, 'Wow, that's a really wonderful man.'

Getting into the residential investment business entails lots of renovation work.

I put my career in second place throughout both my marriages and it suffered. I don't regret it. You make choices. If you want a good marriage, you must pay attention to that. If you want to be independent, go ahead. You can't have it all.

My first writing job was with a company called TheatreworksUSA.

I've wanted to be a mother since I was 16, but I also just knew I wanted to have a career as well.