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.

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.

Maybe you actually do need to face obstacles with someone to know that they're the one you'd sacrifice for.

It would be so great to have someone my own age to talk to, even if it was just about books.

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

Something with inner beauty will live forever, like the scent of a rose.

What happened to romance? Sappy, soppy longhand love letters.