I write a ridiculous number of drafts. The characters change and grow through the drafting, and my understanding of them deepens. Creating characters in a novel is like shooting at clay pigeons and missing, and then missing more productively as the narrative continues.
Men and Pilates - it's like the hardest thing on the planet to them! They're not used to getting those muscles. Core and butt and stuff - they're so confused.
I prefer the competitive atmosphere of a classroom setting, like yoga or Pilates. That keeps me going. Although performing on stage is great exercise!
I quite like Pilates now. I have a Pilates girl in every city.
Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.
You have to spend a lot to make a lot. It's not like I'm sitting on top of a pile of money.
I went from being a beanpole - like a normal kid of the 1950s - and exploded. The weight piled on and didn't stop until into my adulthood.
Affirmative action has a negative effect on our society when it means counting us like so many beans and dividing us into separate piles.
I was gutted to leave my boyfriend at home when I started my tour, but taking my pillow was like taking a little bit of him with me.
I always like my trailer or hotel room to have fresh flowers or pillows I find at a local flea market - anything to personalize the environment.
Without a dog, I would have tassels on my throw pillows instead of little stubs of yarn that look like small worms. The pillows seem to function just fine without the tassels, so perhaps it isn't a problem.
Like most girls, I suffered from pimples, too. I tried dozens of treatments but was never satisfied with any.
Some makeup you put on and feel like you're getting pimples by the hour.
Writing songs is kind of like a wrestling match to me. You have to pin it down and make it do what you want it to do.
I like being a pin-up girl. There's nothing wrong with it.
I like the 'Simpsons' pinball machines. Those are pretty great.
I like to read comics, and I'll listen to records, and I like to play pinball.
It wasn't that I got pinned against my locker, but I was intensely aware that the things I valued weren't shared by anyone. Girls didn't like me, and I had few friends.
When I was a kid, Disney was one of my gods. I just loved movies like 'Snow White' and 'Pinocchio.'
New Orleans is like the bad-kid island in 'Pinocchio.'
