"The reason that war is such a fascinating subject for writers is because it's a revealer. Put a bunch of people in an adrenaline-fuelled, life-or-death situation and their fundamental behaviours are exposed, the scrim is taken away and the motivations behind each personality come out to play."

"I think a lot of humor is about distracting yourself. Pretend you're not trying to make it funny. Because for some reason the effort to be funny smells like sulphur in our culture."

"I'm a summer baby, so I usually have my birthday as a good summer memory."

"There's already a marriage clock, a career clock, a biological clock. Sometimes being a woman feels like standing in the lobby of a hotel, looking at the dials depicting every time zone in the world behind the front desk - except they all apply to you, and all at once."

"The world's biggest power is the youth and beauty of a woman."

"A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it."

"It is a essential truth that beauty in art is the harmony of spirit, intellect, and craft."

"A humble soul understands that authenticity is the rarest and most beautiful asset."