It's kind of funny...the moments on which life hinges. I think growing up you always imagine your life - your success - depends on your family and how much money they have, where you go to college, what sort of job you can pin down, starting salary...But it doesn't, you know. You wouldn't believe this, but life hinges on a couple of seconds you never see coming. And what you decide in those few seconds determines everything from then on... And you have no idea what you'll do until you're there.

Juliet and Romeo be damned, you can't be in love until you've flossed your teeth next to the person at least three hundred times.

People don’t realize how easy life is to change. You just get on the bus.

I believe writers need to be chameleons, or like Meryl Streep, who can play all sorts of characters. A good writer should be able to cross gender lines and people of all social classes. So for me, writing from a male point of view would be a great challenge, that I would look forward to taking on.

Some people are as fragile as butterflies and sensitive and it’s your responsibility not to destroy them. Just because you can

I was aware now, as ever, that between all people there were First Times You See Them and Last Times you See Them.

Sovereign. Deadly. Perfect.