People don't actually think there is such a thing out there as angel research.

The most obvious difference between writing novels and memoirs is that my memoirs are true stories, and explore certain experiences I've lived, and thus operate within the boundaries of memory and fact.

Don't stay in a bad situation - whether it is a relationship or a job - out of fear of failure. It's not a failure to walk away and choose to be happy. It takes a lot of courage.

I believe a good memoir should have all of the narrative elements of a novel: character development, dialogue, descriptive language, and metaphor.

If I'm not writing, I'm not fully living. It has become the essential element that defines who I am.

I always knew I wanted to write really imaginative fiction - fiction that was very different from my real life.

Stories of a mythical angel paradise called an Angelopolis are like Peter Pan's Never Never Land.