Everybody's in love when they're eighteen. And everybody gets dumped.

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

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.

Tell the story that's in your heart, and don't hold back. Write a book the reader will want to melt into.

Teachers are by nature idealists, and they believe anything can be learned.

I love my life, my family and my friends, and I'm drawn to 'relationship' novels because of their affirming focus on the power of love to heal wounds and transform lives.

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