That's good when you don't know what you're doing. But you're doing it and it's spontaneous and you're not afraid.

I don't necessarily want to talk about a book that I read. Even when I love it.

We are friends for life. When we’re together the years fall away. Isn’t that what matters? To have someone who can remember with you? To have someone who remembers how far you’ve come?

I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.

Each of us must confront our own fears, must come face to face with them. How we handle our fears will determine where we go with the rest of our lives. To experience adventure or to be limited by the fear of it.

My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me, I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.

Nothing teaches you as much about writing dialogue as listening to it.