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

God forbid that women have fantasies..

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

Language evolves and moves on. It is an organic thing. It is not stuck in an ivory tower, hung with expensive works of art..

People are talking about sex. They're talking about sex with their husbands. They're talking about sex with their girlfriends. They're talking about ….

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

Sometimes I wonder if there's something wrong with me. Perhaps I've spent too long in the company of my literary romantic heroes, and consequently my….

Men aren't really complicated. They are very simple, literal creatures. They usually mean what they say. And we spend hours trying to analyze what th….

Women basically want the same thing - a good passionate story, a great fantasy - and for our partners to do the laundry and the washing up..

I'm not a great writer..

The candle flame is too hot. It flickers and dances in the over-warm breeze, a breeze that brings no respite from the heat. Soft gossamer wings flutt….

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

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

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

There's a very fine line between pleasure and pain. They are two sides of the same coin, one not existing without the other..

So you've just slept with him, given him your virginity, a man who doesn't love you. In fact, he has odd ideas about you, wants to make you some sort….

I think virgins are far more interesting to write about. If we've been around the block a few times, we know what to expect. Not so with virgins..

I do not look at the world in terms of black and white - and I find people who do rather scary. I think it's all shades of grey..

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

A controlling man, surely a mythical creature?.

Never trust a man who can dance..