Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist.

In life we're most hell-bent on proving things that we're not really sure are true.

I'm able to separate fiction and reality. I guess it remains to be seen if other people are.

I liked the idea of giving Eligible a feminist flavor. While I do think that in Pride and Prejudice, Liz Bennet is very bold, she is also very restricted in terms of what's appropriate for her to do and the ways it's appropriate for her to behave. One of the differences between Pride and Prejudice and Eligible is that my female characters take more initiative in their romantic lives.

Before and after... I heard a thousand times that a boy, or a man, can't make you happy, that you have to be happy on your own before you can be happy with another person. All I can say is, I wish it were true.

I'm SO trying to give up meat.

When you are a high school girl, there is nothing more miraculous than a high school boy.