I think having a good agent is key. I've been with mine for ten years now, and she's very honest with me. There are a lot of times I've sent her books that were not so good because I was tired of writing, or panicked about money, and she's told me flat out, "You don't want this to be your next book. Trust me."

You know, I think I knew you for about three weeks before I ever really saw you smile. And then one day, Morgan said something and you laughed, and I remember thinking it was really cool because it meant something. You're not the kind of person who smiles for nothing, Colie. I have to earn every one.

That's the thing about someone who rarely gets upset: when they do, you notice.

When you had to do something, you had to do it. And eventually, if you were lucky, you did it well.

Life is full of screwups. You're supposed to fail sometimes. It's a required part of the human existance.

I've found in my own life that if my writing isn't going well, not much else will. It is the one constant, the key to everything else.

The health of the people I love is all that really matters in this world. Period.