Defiance rose up like vomit. I swung back and yelled, "Don't ever do that again!

The truth is, I don't have a real clue what love is - how to find it, how to give it. Once upon a time I thought I knew.

I really have to wonder who or what made Daddy become this way. Babies aren't born cruel or filled with sick desire. Evil is not intrinsic. It's fashioned.

I'm in love. And I like how that feels. And I hate how that feels. Because love is an invention of fiction writers.

Commitment means losing yourself to gain something temporary. Nothing lasts. Not looks. Not love.

Imperfections create character.

I have a really good idea of who my readers are and always write with a sensitivity to my audience. I use the F word when necessary, but there are words I won't use, mainly because I don't like them. I don't write about body parts when I write about sex. It's not about the physiological, it's more important for teens to read about the emotional aspects. I do think there are times when self-censorship is important.