It was in the forest. No one saw it or heard it. So did it actually happen?

The thing about lying to your parents is, you have to do it to protect them. It’s for their own good.

No human on God's earth is a nobody.

If my writing comes to a halt, I head to the shops: I find them very inspirational. And if I get into real trouble with my plot, I go out for a pizza with my husband.

sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to know what you're going to do next!

We both gaze down at my swollen tummy for a while. I still can't quite get my head round the fact that there's a baby inside my body. Which has got to come out... somehow. OK, let's not go there. There's still time for them to invent something.

It's like I'm thirteen again and he's my crush. All I'm aware of in this entire roomful of people is him. Where he is, what he's doing, who he's talking to.