As a writer, you get to bring attention to something without preaching. I don't believe in being didactic. So if you dramatize something, you automatically bring attention to it if people read it.

I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.

There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.

People like to run their mouths.

It goes without saying that your friends are usually the first to discuss your personal business behind your back.

It's not that marriage itself is bad; it's the people we marry who give it a bad name.

I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.