I wonder if you've got a minute." I have many minutes, all of them used toward a common purpose.

I am an activist. I have a really big pulpit with my fiction and I love knowing that I can make people think.

I had the heart of the relationship, and no body to grow it in... It broke.

If you want to see God laugh, make a plan.

I know that the first person I kissed won't be nearly as important as the last person I kiss.

Often, when the last page is turned, it will haunt you.

I know better than most people that a criminal isn't always a thug in a black leather jacket with a big brand on his forehead to warn us away. Criminals sit next to us on the bus. They pack our groceries and cash our paychecks for us and teach our children. They look no different from you or me. And that's why they get away with it.