Family or love or romance, whatever it is, is not restricted to perfect people. If it were, it wouldn't exist. All of that comes out in my work in some way.

Sometimes you want to hear your own mother's voice.

Sitting and waiting for something to happen was the worst kind of torture.

I played the clarinet, and my sister played the violin... If wed had the discipline and the passion, maybe we could have been good.

My books usually end where they began. I try to bring characters back to a point that is familiar but different because of the growth that they have gone through.

I understand that you can never have the whole picture; inevitably, there’s stuff you don’t know, can’t know. But when it comes to Cameron I always want more than I have, would like to be able to take hold of at least one or two more pieces, if only because I’m convinced there are parts of myself inside them.

That's how you know you really trust someone, I think; when you don't have to talk all the time to make sure they still like you or prove that you have interesting stuff to say.