I am not a label snob and have learned that the thrill of shopping can be just as great, if not more so, when you find a bargain.

Becky! Love!" Mum has pushed her way through her dancing guests to reach me. "What's wrong? Has labor started?" Honestly. My family has no idea about contemporary urban street dance trends.

All this time, I wasn't hungry for success, I was hungry.

Never give up on something you really want. However impossible things seem, there's always a way.

I love all my characters. I love their weaknesses and flaws. I feel like they're all my best friends and I adore being with them.

I don't think anyone sits down and thinks, 'I know, I'll be a chick-lit writer.' You write the book that you want to write and then other people say, 'Oh, that's chick-lit.' You say, 'Okay.' But it's not like you look around and go to a careers fair and there will be someone at the chick-lit author stand.

To have someone who never makes a mistake, never finds her personal life in disarray, never worries about work-life balance? I think that would be unreal. What Im writing is real.