Quote of the day: The most difficult journeys often take us where we were meant to go... By: Nicholas Sparks

There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her.

You need someone who has a really good way of enabling trust in the cast and crew, or the cast particularly, to allow them the confidence to stretch themselves to get the performance that you're going to need to provide all of the emotional up and downs in the film.

I do love you. I mean, love has nothing to do with this.

leaning in he kissed her gently, first on the cheek then on her lips. When he met her eyes, she saw the young man shed loved last summer and the young man she still loved now. "I never stopped loving you, Ronnie. and I never stopped thinking about you. even if summers do come and end" she smiled knowing he was telling the truth. "I love you too, Will Blakelee" she wispered, leaning in to kiss him again.

One of the things I've learned in my life is that sometimes you've got to take a chance.

There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.