Scary thought - what if I get to know myself and I'm someone I don't want to be?

The human heart was such a complex organ, fragile and sturdy all at once.

Kids aren't supposed to have to figure out how to be happy. They just are.

I lived in upstate New York until I was ten years old and we moved overseas. I have a lot of nostalgic memories of that part of the world, and I love going back there by writing the Lakeshore books.

What's difficult to understand about German opera? It's always the same. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love, girl gets devoured by horrible winged creature with claws.

There is something about losing your mother that is permanent and inexpressable - a wound that will never quite heal.

At the centre of every fairy tale lay a truth that gave the story its power