When I'm writing flawed characters, I just think about my own flaws.

I always say I write because I have lots of questions, not because I have any answers.

I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes giving isn't always the easiest thing to do but it comes back.

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.

I think people are sometime reluctant to read outside of their own race. This is heartbreaking.

We live inside our parents' backstory.

There is something so deeply visceral about libraries for me-rooms and rooms full of people dreaming and remembering.