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

The kind of life I want is to be a person who would get a personal note every day.

He felt it too, the air between us, the invisible lines that something or someone had drawn to connect us. That's the way I remember it.

One of my favorite authors is Robert Cormier. He was a devout Catholic and a very nice man, which might not be the impression you get from reading his books.

I didn't 'decide' to write YA, per se. But every time I thought of a story, it featured characters 15, 16, 17.

My whole life has been one big broken promise.

Because love, love is never finished. It circles and circles, the memories out of order and not always complete.