She gave me this look – she might have been watching from a lifeboat as the ship went down. Or maybe it was the other way around.

I told you we were meant to be, " he says, still smiling, still so Finn, who was always here but who I just didn't see and now--Well, now I kiss him.

If a problem is irreversible, is there still an ethical obligation to try to reverse it?

I grew up in a very toxic home.

In big houses in which things are done properly, there is always the religious element. The diurnal cycle is observed with more feeling when there are servants to do the work.

We all do things at certain points that are contradictory. Some things, it's a smaller contradiction, and other things it's larger.

I shall pray for your soul,' promised Nessarose. I shall wait for your shoes,' Elphie answered.

I wanted to go in a different direction, artistically. But having somebody like Terry[Crews] in it was your ace in the hole. That makes it very strong, so I definitely had to jump in with both feet.

If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed

In one deep sense, novels are concealed autobiography. I don't mean that you are telling facts about yourself, but you are trying to find out what you really think or who you are.

Writing 'This Is Who I Am...' I wanted to write a song about where I'm at, that I have accepted where I have come to and I wanted my fans to be able to connect to it too. I want them to stand proud!