When I Was Turning 40, I Felt

Not All Women Write The Same. But I Don't Understand Why The Model Is That You're Supposed To Write Like A Man, And That Means You're A Real Writer.

Whenever People Ask Me How I Manage To Get Through This Whole Crazy Time Of Being Incredibly Famous And Sort Of An Icon And Supposedly A Role Model And All Of This Insanity, I Always Cite My Family And Then Books. I Don't Know What I Would Have Done Without Books.

I Think People Assume That Women Write About The Domestic Sphere. Women Write About Relationships And Family. Men Do, Too, But Then It's The Great American Novel.

I Don't Have Control Over How People Choose To Perceive Me. The Only Thing I Have Control Over Is My Writing.

I Grew Up In A Home Filled With Music And Had An Early Appreciation Of Jazz Since My Dad Was A Jazz Musician. Beginning At Around Age Three I Started Singing With His Band And Jazz Music Has Continued To Be One Of My Three Passions Along With Acting And Writing. I Like To Say Jazz Music Is My Musical Equivalent Of Comfort Food. It's Always Where I Go Back To When I Want To Feel Grounded.