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As much as I transferred my mother to Elizabeth Shore of The Black Dahlia, as much as her dad mutated into an obsession with crime in general, well, I have thought about other things throughout the years.

I had no idea that mothering my own child would be so healing to my own sadness from my childhood.

Whoever does not have a good father should procure one.

Does anyone ask their parents how they are conceived?

I remember that I used to mix with my friends who had brothers and sisters. I was an only child.

My grandmother was the greatest cook in the world. She could just go in there, the whole kitchen would look like a tornado hit it and then she’d come out with the best food. Then she’d sit at the table and she wouldn’t eat!

My favorite Oscar story was a year my brother had been nominated, my whole family went.

It’s not surprising to see in my own work, looking back, and in the work of some of my peers, an attention to family. It’s nice to write a book that does tend toward significance and meaning, and where else are you sure of finding it?

My children are delightful people, whom I would love even if they weren’t my children.

And basically I always said when I was little that if I ever became successful or a celebrity, I would buy her this huge house and she would never have to work anymore. And I’ve done that. So I feel happy about doing that.