Should men and women be equal in all things? Absolutely. But I'm old-fashioned in that I like the differences between the sexes. My male characters are neither Neanderthals nor Prince Charmings. They're flawed.

Ah, but being in love made you mean and crazy. Love made you act like a fool even when you knew you were acting like a fool and couldn't help yourself from acting like a fool.

I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.

Extraordinary beauty can be a curse to the one who possesses it. one pays a dear price for fame and fortune

If you loved people, you might hurt them, dissapoint them, anger them, but you never, ever, dishonored them.

What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.

People adjust their behavior to fit the society they live in. They integrate because they have to. But what they are on the inside doesn't change.