“It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default.”

“And the idea of just wandering off to a cafe with a notebook and writing and seeing where that takes me for awhile is just bliss.”

“I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.”

“I think you have a moral responsibility when you’ve been given far more than you need, to do wise things with it and give intelligently.”

“You sort of start thinking anything’s possible if you’ve got enough nerve.”