You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon.

I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.

You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.

If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.

The only time you're calm, you're centered, you're at peace, is when someone's trying to kill you. And that's just plain twisted.

I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

Life may not be perfect, at least it offered moments that were perfect enough.

Before I became a suspense novelist, I wrote romantic suspense as Alicia Scott.

It wasn’t that strangers couldn’t hurt you. It was simply that the people you loved could do it so much better.

Women cry. Men laugh. Whiners moan. Men laugh. Wimps complain. Men laugh.

Youth is no excuse for sloppiness.

I don’t want Dane to die, but if I had to pick, I want you...with me forever!” - Christian Stone

Kissing in the movies is a real art - figuring out where to put your heads so it looks good on camera. I have had other co-stars who couldn't work that out, which made it a lot harder for me.

Where ignorance is not bliss, get wise!

The single life is not one I willingly chose for myself.

Jeremy Clarkson is rather charming, but I can't stomach his public persona. I don't like his casual racism and casual misogyny.

Oh, God, I don't know what's more difficult, life or the English language.

Mary Poppins is magical and fun.

Purpose is the thread that connects the dots to everything you do that leads you to an extraordinary life.

The issue of faith is not so much whether we believe in God, but whether we believe the God we believe in. (p.35)

What can you say about Guy's cooking that hasn't been printed on a packet of cigarettes?