And the worst thing she had heard were the words he hadn't said, the fact that he hadn't loved her.

.. that terrible feeling that you're not good enough to be loved by the people you love most, and eventually by anyone else.

I always try to write about believable people.

I'm astonished by my success.

People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're 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.

I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.