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.

I wanted to tell him that I will never be sorry for loving him. That in a way I still do - that maybe I always will. I'll never regret one single thing we did together because what we had was very special. Maybe if we were ten years older it would have worked out differently. Maybe. I think it's just that I'm not ready for forever.

I still get angry when older people assume that everyone in my generation, screws around. They're probably the same ones who think all kids use dope. It's true that we are more open than our parents but that just means we accept sex and talk about it. It doesn't mean we are all jumping into bed together.

[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.

You've got to enjoy whatever you can and forget about the rest.

I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.

I meet people on the street or at book signings and they tend to treat me as if they know me, as if we're connected. It's great.