but good friends are nothing to each other if they are not supportive.

A sentence boiled in her, but she could not yet see it clearly.

I believe in rules of behavior, and I'm quite interested in stories about the consequences of breaking those rules.

You take every opportunity given you in this world, even if you have too many opportunities. One day, the opportunities stop, you know.

It happens to many teenagers-that moment when you feel full of resentment or distrust for those adults you once loved unquestioningly.

Plot is a map and I begin with it. It is what made me admire the novels of the 19th century; that the stories are foreshadowed. TheyÕre going someplace.

Human sexuality makes farcical our most serious intentions.