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

I guess in life I find people who, at first glance, appear to be very typical or average, whatever that means, and then turn out to have hidden qualities.

It is not a camera, or a reporter that makes something real and genuine; more often a camera or a reporter does the opposite.

To remain alone did not seem to me a terrible fate, no worse than being falsely joined to another person.

I feel like people who criticize authors for being self-promotional fail to recognize that a lot of times their ability to continue writing hinges on sales and recognition. Some of it is for fun, some of it is for ego, but a lot of it is just writers trying to ensure longevity to their career.

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.

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.