I have always been an obsessive reader - I remember going back and forth to the local library with stacks of books taller than I was.

It's difficult for most of us to be completely honest with ourselves - we hate to admit how vulnerable or needful we are.

Love is always a leap into the unknown. You can try to control as many variables, and understand a situation as you can, but you're still jumping off a cliff and hoping that someone catches you.

I always counsel aspiring novelists that passion is the most important quality for a writer to possess - technique can be taught, but that relentless desire to write has to come from within.