Old characters never die, but I do need to take a break from them in order to create new ones.

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

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.

From every ending comes a new beginning.

I have known some magnificent young people who died very young but had wonderful lives and inspired many people by their short existence.

hanging out the window, Amber blew her a kiss. a lump the size of a fist clogged Heather's throat, while a breeze from th sea pushed her thick hair away from her face. tears trickled unchecked down her cheeks.

I'll cover you in flowers someday, Julie-girl.