Never be with anyone you couldn't imagine yourself being able to live without.

I just love that feeling of being in another world, of creating characters and watching where they go.

I think it's crucial to live, play and work passionately. I'm inspired by my husband, my son and the sense of possibility in the world.

I've always had a clear sense that time is short and we need to live as fully as we can in every moment.

A haunting, harrowing punch to the heart, Among the Missing is flat-out brilliant. About the secrets we keep, the lives we are desperate to live, and the chances we miss, it's a psychological dazzler. Truly, one of my favorite books of this year-or any year.

I always think that in a big city, anything is possible, including reinventing yourself.

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