I don't like to do too much psychological research because it might turn a character into a patchwork.

don’t mistake a new place for a new you.

I had them all fooled into believing I was normal and well-adjusted, a rock of sensibility who could always be counted on to have a positive attitude.

My parents met in music school and my father was a music professor and conductor. Growing up, we always had classical and contemporary music playing. There was a lot of Mozart and the Beatles.

the mark we've left on each other is the color and shape of love. That's the unfinished business between us. because love, love is never finished.

The one reader I'm trying to please as I write is me, and I'm pretty difficult to please.

Your greatest creation is your creative life. It's all in your hands. Rejection can't take it away; reviews can't take it away. The life you create for yourself as an artist, may be the only thing that's really yours. Create a life you can center yourself in calmly as you wait for your work to grow.