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I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.

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I will probably always cry myself to sleep, but knowing this, someday the tears won't be sad, or filled with regret. Maybe they will be joyful

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I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores

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But a child's joy is doubled for the mother, and the sound of her son's laughter began to her heart, a feat she had never believed possible

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I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.

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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.

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I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.

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People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.

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Let life unfold, say what you mean. You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you do that, you’re missing out on the now. You can’t know if you’ll be here tomorrow or a year from now.

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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.

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This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling

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The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

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Relief is a wonderful emotion, highly underrated. In fact, I prefer it to elation or joy. Relief lets the air out of the Tire of Pain.

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Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them.

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Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.

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But what Mom never told me is that along the way, you find sisters, and they find you. Girls are cool that way.

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If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.

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There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

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Maybe a first love exists to reaffirm the best parts of yourself, the choices you made when you didn't worry about the consequences. Maybe a first love exists to remind you to be brave in the moment, to stand up for your feelings, instead of shrinking back in the face of potential loneliness.

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