I like to write about people who are real and likeable. I like to write about people who tell their stories in that close and intimate voice we use with best friends. I love the closeness and honesty and vulnerability that come from characters who can talk that way.

Don't let anyone convince you that love doesn't matter.

Sometimes there is no way to hold your life together. Sometimes things just have to fall apart.

My goal is to try to be as happy as I can - going through every day just as it is.

Look for beauty in everything.

In fiction, you can be as true as you want. Real life is a different story.

We all carry our mothers inside us.