Fantastic. Many of the essays are very, very personal – sometimes painfully so – but that only makes the advice they contain more powerful.

Her writing is both clear and funny, making this book both a quick read and a fun one.

Three things I learned:

• Jeremy Renner got his start as a make-up artist (!)
• It's ok to ask for help when something happens in your life (your career, your marriage, etc) that you don't know how to deal with
• Writing fan mail isn't cool, but that's ok: if you like something someone else has created, let them know!

“It tracks your exercise!" “I don’t need a watch to tell me when I’ve gotten exercise. I’m well aware when it’s happening, because I’m the one doing it!”

“It keeps accurate time!" “So does my alarm clock, my computer, my phone, and my car. When do I not have a clock staring me in the face, counting down my final hours?”

“Friends lets you send a message with a single touch!" “All my friends are dead.”

“It gets your attention with a tap! Isn’t that cute?" “A tap? From that whopper? It’d break my wrist!”

“You can dictate messages to it!" “Sure, if you enunciate like a British MP. That’s all I need, to spend my day, sitting on a park bench, cursing at my wrist.”

“You can read email on it!" “Maybe YOU can. With the fonts I use, it’d only display one word at a time!”

“You can send sketches to people!" “Right. Just what the world needs, more shaky doodles from my arthritic hands.”

“It can record your heartbeat!" “Now that might be useful. Can it send it to a doctor, or - no? Baldurdash.”

“You can use it to pay for things!" “Like I couldn’t do it before? Listen, sonny, cash is still accepted everywhere.”