True friends are those who love you not in spite of your faults and imperfections, but because of them.

I've always loved writing, and the impulse for me is storytelling. I don't sit down and think: 'What political message can I sell?' I love the creativity of it.

Yes, Simone, he is mentally unstable for being attracted to you. call the men in white suits.

You should take notes whenever you hear interesting or original language.

The easiest way for readers to connect with characters and feel sympathy is to make the character entertaining, sympathetic and likeable.

there is more to this hijab than the whole modesty thing. These girls are strangers to me but I know that we all felt an amazing connection, a sense that this cloth binds us in some kind of universal sisterhood.

I do most of my reading on the train ride to and from work. But I always have a book in my handbag so that I can read at any time, anywhere.