If I can't wait for you at the end of an aisle on your wedding day, I'll wait for you in heaven.

Please don't miss me too much. Please don't be too sad. Find someone else to love, because you have much love to give and it's a gift that shouldn't be wasted. You , Jesse, were the rose that made my life sweet.I will wait for you in heaven.

What really grabs me is when a reader writes to express her personal story and how a book helped her situation, or her acceptance of a situation she can't change. I read some sad cases in my snail and electronic mail. I respond to all I can, affirming that they are the true heroes of life because they are fighting through adversity and surviving.

I wanted to write about the third world and had the opportunity to go live in the trenches, so to speak.

So this is always the key: you have to write the book you love, the book that's alive in your heart. That's the one you have to write.

You know not every book has to have a happy ending, but it has to have a satisfying ending.

Most people believe they have a clear idea of what's right and wrong. Many say they know how they'll act, or how they'll handle an extreme situation. But to be honest, no one knows. Not reallyBecause none of us truly knows what we'll do when the circumstances become so overwhelming and complex that we can't even tell right from wrong.