Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story.

I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?

I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story.

Novels are very different than films and I love to see someone else's imagining of my story.

People will tell you most of the story… and I’ve learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part. People hide the truth because they’re afraid.

Whenever I work on a film, I have three rules. Only three and I tell them to every screenwriter. I say let's retain the spirit and the intent of the overall story. Let's make it the best film that we possibly can.

The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.