Remy: Did you really believe, that first day, that we were meant to be together? Dexter: You're here, aren't you?

Because you have to just go with the flow. Your life is not your own, with people coming in and out all the time. You get mellow because you have to.

She said writting novels was like childbirth: if you truly remembered how awful it got, you'd never do it again.

So many times it seemed like there were chances to stop things before they started. Or even stop them in midstream. But it was even worse when you knew in that very moment that there was still time to save yourself, and yet you couldn't even budge.

I've always written in first person. It gives the readers more insight.

I always wrote about girls that went to the beach and had that summer that changed everything. So I was interested in what it would be like to live in a tourist town where everyone has these life changing experiences, but your whole life is there.

call it crazy, or just chicken salad. But within reason, or without it i was in it too.