I also have intense relationships with furniture... probably because we practically had none when I was growing up.

I only began to sing because I couldn't get a job as an actress.

Nobody on this earth has the right to tell anyone that their love for another human being is morally wrong.

Issues of foreign policy have a place in every election for President.

As opposed to trying to make a kiss look romantic or sweet or passionate, it's kind of fun to just have the freedom to make it look weird, goofy and awkward.

I've always thought that, as a romance writer, I had the best job in the world. I sit around all day making up emotion-drenched, conflict-laden stories that push my heroes and heroines to the edge of sanity. Then I give them a happy ending.

If I was married to a man, and I had the same life situation that I have, it's the perfect recipe for a sitcom.

I'm a very observational storyteller, and I'm always relational - a lot of stories stem from relationships, whether it's me with my husband, me with my mom or my siblings.