You can be the hunter, or you can be the hunted.

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?

Expect nothing and life will be velvet.

You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon.

What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to.

My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.

Once, I was my mother's daughter. Now I am my daughter's mother.