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.

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.

It's as if once you hit high school, you're programmed, like a robot, to be an asshole to your parents.

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

Remember that no matter where I am or what I'm doing I've got a special place inside me that's all for you. It's been there since the day we met.

It makes me think of Lazarus. He must have had those shadows after his miracle. You don't spend time in the tomb without it changing you, and everyone who was waiting for you to come out.

I don’t want these memories to become slippery, to just disappear into the thin air of life the way most things seem to. I want them to stick – even the bad ones – so I repeat them often.