True love would look a second time. True love would not be thwarted. True love would not accept no for an answer. He would search the world and certainly look again and again in every cottage in Euphrasia until he finds you.

I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served me well as a writer.

I am a princess. I do not follow fashions--I make them.

People make such a big deal about looks, but after a while, when you know someone, you don't even notice anymore.

I was painfully shy, and I had tremendous difficulty making friends. So, lacking friends, I watched other people. Watching is something all writers must do, and it was in junior high that I learned to do it.

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

A boy admiring a pretty girl. A rare thing to be certain. But love-true love-is something else.