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

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

Do what you love. Live fearlessly and take risks. Don't take no for an answer from anyone - go ahead and prove the naysayers wrong. Believe that anything can be possible.

I love rewriting because that is where and how you discover the story. Its like you have this skeleton, and you get to put flesh on it and hair and clothes and really wonderful jewelry.

People love stories. They need stories.

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.

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