Quotes from Sara Shepard

I loved the movie 'Heathers' and the TV show 'Twin Peaks.'

I've written short stories from male perspectives before, and I've never had a problem with it as long as I've understood the character's emotions and motivations.

I did steal socks, but I got caught... don't shoplift, anyone - don't do it! You're just gonna get caught.

I probably write best in my office, which is an extra bedroom in my house.

I am a big outliner. For my adult book, 'The Visibles,' I did not outline, and it took me two years to write because I just didn't outline, and I had no path.

Last but not least, she put on a pair of black-framed reading glasses she'd found on Mr. Mercer's bedside table. If it worked for Clark Kent, it'd work for her.

I am not an actress.

I do a lot of brainstorming with my editors.

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the naughtiest of them all?

Sometimes I hear a voice - sometimes it's the voice of someone I know. And sometimes that leads to a character, which leads to a story.

Sometimes, a family is like an ear of summer corn: It might look perfect on the outside, but when you peel the husk away. every kernel is rotten.

You hear about those stories where a person is married to someone and they have another family - that's pretty much unforgivable!