Quotes About Author

Oh, yes, I taught 13 and a half years. I taught English, first at a Catholic school and then at El Toro High School in Lake Forest, Calif.

I hadn't really thought about this until 'The Lake of Dreams,' but I've set all my stories in places that are familiar to me. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters.

It's very tough competition in the West. The Lakers deserve to be called the favorites.

If I had an opportunity to hand-pick a team that I wanted to play in the NBA Finals, it would probably be the Lakers.

I was excited about going to the Lakers because they are probably the biggest brand in basketball.

In terms of basketball decisions, I will always defer to Magic. He's brought a vision of the kind of team we're going to build and a vision of what Lakers basketball is going to be.

I always was a fan of the Lakers.

I know the Lakers are gonna make decisions for the Lakers.

Growing up in California, I was always a Lakers fan.

It's a dream come true to play for the Lakers.

The definition of a musical is that the emotion is so strong that you can't talk anymore, you have to sing. The emotion isn't strong enough when you're just like, 'Let's take a second to sing about lamps!'

I am inclined to believe that this is the land God gave to Cain.

Most of the scripts that land on my desk are stuff you read and go, 'Is someone really gonna make this?'

The land of Ireland for the people of Ireland.

I was considered the luckiest of all the female gypsies since I landed the job as social secretary to Ambassador and Mrs. David Bruce at the American Embassy.

We're big 'Game of Thrones' fans, so we call our house King's Landing. I have a studio apartment above our garage that we call Winterfell. I go to Winterfell to write.

'Alien' is a landmark. One of the really good science-fiction films.

The best part appearing in 'Jersey Girl' was meeting my idol Jennifer Lopez.

But I think Barry Sonnenfeld let his ego go out of control. He told me in a meeting that he had to do something to make it his film.

I keep meeting directors that are so irresistible. I only do irresistible films, because I don't need to act to feel myself alive.

I love meeting fans, and I love bringing my drag to all parts of the world.

From the very first meeting, I knew that Endemol Shine was a great fit for me.

I make decisions based on my work, not based on meetings with my business managers, who I don't like to meet.

These meetings all have excited great attention, and have been of an exceedingly interesting character.