You didn't get past something like that, you go through it -- and for that reason alone, I understood more about her than she ever would have guessed.

True love can break the most powerful curse

You can't exist in this world without leaving a piece of yourself behind.

You always knew after shitty things happened, who your friends really were.

The scariest thing in the world is thinking someone you love is going to die.

When I think about writers who use fiction as social commentary and to raise social awareness but who are also very popular, I think of Dickens.

I start by mulling a question and before I know it, a whole drama is unfolding in my head. Often, an idea sticks before I know what I'm going to do with it.