Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light.

My grandparents got married at a very young age, and a lot of what I think about marriage is based on their relationship.

I don't know why people are so obsessed with age anyway. I mean, 90 is the new 70 70 is the new 50 and 50 is the new 40 so the whole act-your-age thing? Only up to a point.

About the time I turned 50, I experienced the profound biological change that often accompanies women at that age. Also, I put two kids in college and lost both of my parents, so I'm no longer somebody's daughter.

You can fake your age or mask it, but the passion that moves the characters has to be real.