Men should spend less time with guns and more time in childbirth.

I have a huge author crush on Stephen King. Have never met him. Would probably embarrass myself. But it would be worth it.

When it comes to locations, I'm one of those crazy authors who has to see it, touch it, taste it, before I trust myself to recreate it for my readers. Having said that, visiting a locked-down pediatric psych ward was the most intimidating research I've ever done - and I've visited maximum security prisons, shooting galleries, bone collections, etc.

Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?

It wasn’t that strangers couldn’t hurt you. It was simply that the people you loved could do it so much better.

Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.

Expect nothing and life will be velvet.