It's very hard to grow up in a perfect family when you're not perfect.

A controlling man, surely a mythical creature?

Any relationship that you have is about negotiation - anything - whether there is a written contract or not.

I cannot be with someone who takes pleasure in inflicting pain on me, someone who can't love me

I've set the bar quite high in terms of storytelling.

Don't get your panties in such a twist... and give me back mine.

I'm not a great writer.

I came up with a story and I wrote it.

It's much easier to wear your pain on the outside.

The best person to write for is yourself and what better place to start than in a journal.

I think you can only be truly mad at someone you really love.

Never trust a man who can dance.

Maybe money can't buy love - but it can get you practically everything else.

But although she was with family and friends, she'd never felt more alone. She felt as if she'd lost a vital part of herself and she had - her heart.

I'd found love -- only to discover how fleeting it can be.

God gave the Angels wings and humans chocolate.

Romance focuses on emotions and on relationships, both of which are fundamentally important to women.

I'm dyslexic, although they didn't have a word for it when I was in grade school. The teachers said I had 'word blindness.

We're each our own person, we live our own lives, make our own mistakes, learn from them and move forward.