A lot of people hurl themselves into relationships to lose themselves, but I think the best relationships help us to be more ourselves, to bring forth our best selves.

I think I became a writer because of my love of stories and an inability to stop asking, 'What if?'

I love real books, paper books, but I also love buying online, and I think that people are more willing to take a chance to read something if it's cheaper - sometimes books on the Kindle are $6. A hardback book is $25. For $25, it better be a really great book. Or you're going to be mad.

I write about what haunts me, and I write the books I myself am dying to read. I love it. I can't think of anything I'd rather do.

L.A. is a place people come to for all sorts of reasons, often to reinvent themselves, and that fascinates me.

There's a lot of people desperately seeking to find 'the one,' and I think we should learn to be more at peace with ourselves.