A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.

Housewives of the 1950s were supposed to create show-stopping meals every night for their hard-working husbands.

A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.

There have been years where I've had to take a real job and I wrote during slow times and lunches. I think never forgetting how lucky I am to be able to do something I love has really fueled me.

I write about the things that haunt or obsess me.

Writers are magpies, and we collect details about people and we use them for fictional characters.

Everyone thinks that a new place or a new identity will jumpstart a new life.