All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have to change the character a little bit in case your friend or your relative reads the book, because you don't want them to know you wrote about them... They might get mad.

I looked where he was tapping. "Local Girl Missing, Feared Dead" Beneath it was a photo or me-my most recent school photo. "Oh no." My heart filling with dread, i took the paper from Mr. Smith's hands. "Couldn't they have found a better picture?

Looks can be deceiving.

Friend Tim shakes hands with Perfect Specimen of Mankind. Will never wash right hand again.

I don't have kids, but in many ways I feel I've had them already. I don't want to say I raised my brothers - that sounds too strong - but actually I do feel like that a bit.

You’re not a one hundred dollar bill, not everyone is going to like you.

Why should women have to fit into child sizes in order to be considered desirable? That is both sick and depressing.