Even Gone With the Wind had a shocking, cold-blooded murder.

Everybody had something horrible happen to them at one time or another in their life.

You can only make decisions with the information you have at the time

When a woman creates an unlikable character, a lot of people think it's a mistake.

Don't try to follow in my footsteps. Make your own footsteps! No one else can tell the stories that are inside of you except for you.

First and foremost, I want people to have a good read, because I want everything I write to entertain people. There are always different layers to the story, though, so if you want to think about social justice, or sexism or racism or homophobia, or really drill down into why the world is a better place when the police force looks like the people they are policing, then that's there, too.

You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.