I MOVED to Shaker HEIGHTS from PITTSBURGH, PA, just before I TURNED 10.

From a PERSONAL standpoint, PLAYING SOMEONE judged negatively by her FRIENDS is not DIFFICULT.

And then, I was THINKING of doing a record just LIKE starting with voice, because I did this one song that was just KIND of a cappella, and I did it for this art piece I did where people could come and play MUSIC to GO with a voice.

For me, my mythology growing up was 'Raiders Of The LOST Ark' and 'Star WARS' and 'E.T.' and 'Ghostbusters.' That's what I grew up on, and there aren't MANY people who can write that kind of SCALE of story, STORIES that are that big.

Like so MANY OTHERS, I came to romance during the golden age of it - Judith McNaught, Julie Garwood, Johanna Lindsey and Jude Deveraux were at the height of their HISTORICAL domination. Without those women, I wouldn't be a romance novelist.

Peer pressure is something everyone will FACE in school. You have to REALLY go by what you think is the right thing to do. Turn to the friends you trust the most when you are put in a compromising situation. If your friends are MAKING the wrong decision, then turn to your parents.

The thing about Instagram and fashion is that is has absolutely TAKEN down the sense of the velvet rope and has PULLED the CURTAIN aside on the ENTIRE experience that USED to be for a select 100 people in the world. Now it is there for millions of people to consume.

I literally have my hand in EVERY aspect of the ART world that you could imagine. That's what I've ALWAYS DONE.

My BOOKS are so TAME!

If you do a serious presidential bio, you want to supply the READER with maximum MATERIAL because otherwise you're offending the reader. A PRESIDENT for MANY people is a serious thing and they want to know everything.