To be able to touch lives, and touch a life that you don't even know, is an extraordinary thing.

I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.

It's hard to make changes. Things get so comfortable and you don't want to move. Maybe it would do you good to be a little uncomfortable for a while, and do something different.

Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works

I'm a terribly irresponsible eater - I love soft-boiled eggs and chocolate. I never met a chocolate I could not eat.

I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

By sharing an experience, or creating an experience that we all go through where the character survives - though not easily, I always say that it's victory at a price - does give people hope.