When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views.

I looked for perfection, and I found something better.

When you have a good romance, find ways to make their lives miserable and hellish...Do you think 'Titanic' would have been so popular if they had both lived? Not a prayer.

You take a step, then another. That's the journey. But to take a step with your eyes open is not a journey at all, it's a remaking of your own mind.

Sometimes you have to trust people enough to let them succeed and love them enough to let them fail.

There is no society that does not highly value fictional storytelling. Ever.

I'm right here. This is who I really am. I'm not pretending.