But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?

All the dead bolts, pulled shades and hidden knives in the world couldn't protect you from the truth.

Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.

If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.

I love the most the students with troubled lives.

If you risked love, it took you wherever you wanted to go. If you repressed it, you ended up unhappy.

I try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.