I really am happy for Kiley. And for you and every other happily married lady. Except for that I'm not happy for you. I kind of want you all to drop dead.

There’s no such thing as handsome princes, she told herself. There’s no such thing as happily ever after.

He wished that they could go through life like this. That he could physically put himself between Eleanor and the world.

And when Eleanor smiled, something broke inside of him. Something always did.

I think as an author you have to allow a movie to be separate from the book. It's an entirely different animal. I almost never mind when a movie changes or cuts something - as long as it helps the film work better.

I think I can live without you, but it won't be any kind of life.

It never occurred to me when I was young that I could be an author. That would be like saying, "I want to be a movie star" or "I want to be a wizard." I didn't have any concept of what that path would look like. Maybe that's why I didn't publish my first book until I was 38.