I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window.

You keep your past by having sisters. As you get older, they're the only ones who don't get bored if you talk about your memories.

Everything will be alright in the end so if it is not alright it is not the end.

The only real failure is the failure to try, and the measure of success is how we cope with disappointment.

I'm mad about gardening. I have an allotment on the other side of Hampstead Heath, and I keep three hens in my garden.

Once a character has gelled it's an unmistakable sensation, like an engine starting up within one's body. From then onwards one is driven by this other person, seeing things through their eyes.

Independence is fun, especially when there's a beloved waiting in the wings, and freedom makes you a more interesting person. Having separate lives brings fresh air into a relationship.

Sometimes you gotta say what's in your heart... And you have to stand for what you believe. No matter what." ~'Dr. Michael C. Anders,

You are the capital U in Unhelpful.

The most powerful thing in the world is an idea.

The thing about the 'Melrose' novels is that I have to feel they're impossible when I set out.

Gun registration is not enough.

The goal of storytelling should be to make stories as ubiquitous as music.

A person who is innocent is extremely humble.

I'd been in love before - I was always in love.

When I played in the sandbox, the cat kept covering me up.

Make no mistake about it: once a band has signed a letter of intent, they will either eventually sign a contract that suits the label or they will be destroyed