I think only once in your life do you find someone that you say, "Hey, this is the person I want to spend the rest of my time on this earth with." And if you miss it, or walk away from it, or even maybe, blink - it's gone.

Mainly, I try not to think about my readers as I write - I just think of my characters and myself - If they're interesting to me, my hope is that they'll be interesting to others as well.

There's me in every character I put on the pages.

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

I don't know how women stop being friends with other women.

That's what writing is. It's moving past your fear.

I pay a lot of attention to whitespace. I pay a lot of attention to the rhythm of words together.