He's a better person when she's around, and isn't that what friends are for, to raise you up and keep you at your best?

I identified with Pip from 'Great Expectations,' especially when I was younger; I had the same kind of gaucheness and uncertainty.

Do you miss her?' 'Who? Emma? Of course. Every day. She was my best friend.

He could feel her laughter against his chest, and at that moment he thought that there was no better feeling than making Emma Morley laugh.

You can't throw away years of your life because it makes a funny anecdote.

She made you decent, and in return you made her so happy

I worry sometimes that I'm a bit moralistic; always writing about men who are learning to grow up, not be so self-absorbed, selfish or badly behaved. I wonder if that's dull and liberal and wimpy? I should probably write something that celebrates wickedness.