A. J. Cook

I am just your everyday, average girl. I live by the beach. I wear flip flops. I don't wear make-up. I go to the gym.

There are some things I wish I never knew, but I am grateful for things that I have learned, too.

I have a whole closet in my house that's dedicated just to jackets and coats, stuff that I've collected over the years.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.

The hand of fate had dipped into the ragbag of humanity.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.