“You can't ever forget how precarious and humbling running money really is.”

“No one would ever believe how hard it is to be really alone in a city of millions when you don't have money.”

“Chicago was a town where nobody could ever forget how the money was made. It was picked up from floors still slippery with blood.”

“At the end of the day, don’t forget that you are a person, don’t forget you are a mother, don’t forget you are a wife, don’t forget you are a daughter. Because in the end, no matter how much money you make and how much success you create, What you are left is family, friends and faith.”

“Money can't buy you love, but it can get you some really good chocolate ginger biscuits. ”

“I can't wait to be able to drive, but it's hard. Good driving doesn't really run in my family genes. My mother is possibly the worst driver ever.”

“If you can't run, then walk. And if you can't walk, then crawl. Do what you have to do. Just keep moving forward and never, ever give up.”

“Most times we're so focused on what we think we want that we can't appreciate how happy we already are. It's only when we forget about our problems and help others forget theirs that we realize how good we really have it.”

“It's funny how you never think about the women you've had. It's always the ones who get away that you can't forget.”

“My advice is to get a good agent and a good tax accountant if you ever make any money, and remember, you can't eat fame. And you can't write unless you want to write, and you can't want to unless you feel like it.”