Now I was a tiger that neither pounced nor lay waiting between the trees. I became an unseen spirit.

I hid my deepest feelings so well I forgot where I placed them.

My mother said I was a clingy kid until I was about four. I also remember that from the age of eight she and I fought almost every day.

If you can't change your fate, change your attitude.

So sad! This is the saddest part when you lose someone you love- that person keeps changing. And later you wonder, Is this the same person I lost?

I am like a falling star who has finally found her place next to another in a lovely constellation, where we will sparkle in the heavens forever.

Writing is an extreme privilege but it's also a gift. It's a gift to yourself and it's a gift of giving a story to someone.

I was six when my mother taught me the art of invisible strength..."strongest wind cannot be seen."

How can you blame a person for his fears and weaknesses unless you have felt the same and done differently?

Libraries are the pride of the city.

Who knows where inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from desperation. Perhaps it comes from the flukes of the universe, the kindness of the muses.

Good books often answer questions you didn't even know you wanted to ask

Witty people came out in autumn

I enjoyed being involved in team sports and making close friendships.

My goal is to make people feel passionately, if it's negative or positive, I did my job.

In a way, we are magicians. We are alchemists, sorcerers and wizards. We are a very strange bunch. But there is great fun in being a wizard.

I enjoy my fun time and everything like that but I love what I do

There is such a thing as fanaticism, it is always wrong, and if you disagree, you're wrong too.

Love is just a word untill you and that someone who comes along give it meaning

I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women who are good at doing comedies, as well as dramas.