“I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me,...” — Laura Linney Quote

I am very lucky, because for the most part people are very nice to me, and I am still able to go about my life and ride the subway and all that.

I'm noise-sensitive. It's always better for me if things are quiet, so I can concentrate.

You can watch someone on-stage cry and cry - but in the audience you feel nothing. It's easy to become indulgent. For me, what's important is the story first.

You have to relish the challenge of television.

I certainly didn't have a nanny.

I'm such a pleb, I know how lucky I am.

Lucky Me' is more than my story.

I'd always rather be lucky than smart.

The No. 1 thing is to write the book that you love and then hope that it finds an audience with the same taste as you. I think I've done that, and that's lucky.

I was lucky enough to be given books that weren't top sellers; books that were kind of under the radar.