The doctors may be mapping out the war games, but it is the nurses who make the conflict bearable.

I think that when you live in a world with limits... when you've met everyone and seem everything you're going to see - you lose the hope that something extraordinary will happen in your life

Once you call something a story, it's set in stone. It has a beginning, a middle, and an end that can't be transformed, because by definition, if you do that, it's not the same story anymore

Sometimes it made her want to put her fist through glass; other times, it made her cry a river.

Writer's block is for people who have the luxury of time.

Be kind to others before you take care of yourself; make whoever you're with feel like they matter.

I was one of the first authors to have an active website. I'm totally obsessed with technology. I'm always looking for ways to connect with my readers. I answer all my fan mail.