I think a lot of people still fantasise about that first love and what might happen if they rekindled the relationship.

You never know how things are going to turn out, however much you plan. But you already know that.

I'll show Luke I can fit into the city. I'll show him I can be a true New Yorker. I'll go the gym, and then I'll eat a bagel, and I'll ... shoot someone, maybe? Or maybe just the gym will be enough.

Still, that's the point of love; you love someone despite their flaws.

You can't just switch off your feelings because the other person did.

She believes in love and romance. She believes her life is one day going to be transformed into something wonderful and exciting. She has hopes and fears and worries, just like anyone. Sometimes she feels frightened. Sometimes she feels unloved. Sometimes she feels she will never gain approval from those people who are most important to her. But she’s brave and good-hearted and faces her life head-on.

The great thing about being a novelist is that you organize your own day.