I feel as if when you love a book it becomes a part of you whether you have it on your shelves or not.

What men yearn for they often destroy.

I never see a novel as a film while I'm writing it. Mostly because novels and films are so different, and I'm such an internal novelist

Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.

Hearts were made for being broken. There's really no way around it if you want to be a human being.

It was the sort of beauty you feel so deeply it becomes contagious and somehow makes you feel beautiful too.

You have to choose the voice you are going to trust. You can't listen to everyone.