Those who do not know how to see the precious things in life will never be happy.

I love you, I thought. But I didn't say it. It was not that I feared she would laugh in my face. She was far too kind for that. My fear was a greater one - that she won't say it back.

Although my other ambition was to be a musical theater star (and I would attend college on a voice scholarship), writing was never far from my mind.

You shouldn't miss someone who don't miss you, right?

Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.

Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft and a longer time to revise, while others were the opposite.

Maybe we judge people too much by their looks because it's easier than seeing what's really important.