I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving. I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I've been so sweet.

The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?

If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.

If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.