For a lot of people, becoming an author is a change in occupation... they are coming from something that totally has nothing to do with this. If they are expecting to come into a room full of people praising them, then they are in the wrong place.

As a writer, I challenge myself not to tell the same story - to tackle different characters with different issues.

I'm just trying to write a good story, strictly from imagination. People just think it's random, they don't see the rewriting, phrasing of characters, choosing the words, bringing the world to light in which the characters live in. That creates an illusion that this is real.

When you start a new job or a particular journey, you really don't know what to expect. I mean, you hear about your name being on the bestsellers list, but it doesn't really mean anything. Like, really, what does that translate to?

Some people are just so happy to get published to, they sign anything. Next thing you know, they've signed over the rights to their book.

It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.

I read this book, it said a woman should think of her virginity like it’s a window. And every time you sleep with a guy, it’s like letting him put his fingerprints on your window. Staining your glass.

But sometimes living in denial was the only way to keep a man from going on a killing spree.

I was erotic. I was beautiful. I was powerful.

I told Chiquita if a man hadn’t made a date with her for a Saturday night before Saturday night, he didn’t want to be bothered with her on a Saturday night.