Lauren Miller

Losing a parent over eight years is a very dark journey. I spent the first four years feeling bad and angry and sorry for myself.

Writing is such a weird emotional thing. It's hard. If you sit down with a plan to write something, it's going to be harder.

From a very young age, I wanted to be an actor, but I lived in a very small town in Florida where there weren't any opportunities for that.

If I can add, say, 10 great new violin concertos to the repertoire before I'm done, that will be truly exciting.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

I was only a bridesmaid for my sister, and it was very calm and small, so I didn't have any tragedy.