The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to find a good agent.

Love is quite violent. It is so painful at times, so devastating. And there is nothing worse or better. We find the highs and lows equally unbearable. But then again, the absence of them is more so.

There's no style, nobody dresses up-you can't be chic [in San Francisco]

There's a lid for every pot... You Just have to find yours. -Avery

Not all forms of abuse leave bruises.

I think people face that in any artistic field, this idea of: oh, I could do that, if I had the time.

Sing Me no songs tell me no tales cry me no tears, but remember me kindly.