I write contemporary fiction, and that is what my readers want to read.

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.

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

That's what true love should be like-the person should be part of your soul and you should know what they're feeling all the time.

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

In stories like Cinderella and Beauty and the Beast, they always say the heroine is 'as good as she is beautiful.' I wondered if people just wanted that to be true, wanted the beautiful to be good. I wondered if they wanted the ugly to be bad because then they wouldn't have to feel bad for them.

I enjoy people who aren't afraid to say what they mean. It makes life so much easier!