I started Storyline after I'd accomplished all my goals and still wasn't happy. I'd become a New York Times bestselling author, which was my goal from high school, and yet I was less happy after accomplishing my goals than I was before.

We don't think much about how our love stories will affect the world, but they do. Children learn what's worth living for and what's worth dying for by the stories they watch us live. I want to teach our children how to get scary close, and more, how to be brave. I want to teach them that love is worth what it costs.

I need for there to be something bigger than me. I need someone to put awe inside me; I need to come second to someone who has everything figured out.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

the times we worked harder to make the day stand out. our story demanded that we change and so we did.

Meaningful stories have lots and lots of conflict. If we avoid conflict, our stories won't be meaningful.

Half the time I pick up a book, that's what I'm trying to get.