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My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

I am a very emotional person.

I feel in some ways I've had a difficult life. And it makes me the kind of writer I am, in what I value, what I respect, what I hold dear.

I don't think it's good to be sentimental, so I try not to be.

I'm not terribly sentimental.

I'm writing about emotions.

You need to experience life to be able to write about friendships, relationships, and heartbreak.

My books are all fantastically sentimental.

I'm a successful novelist, and I've been a lucky one, so I don't want to cry the poor mouth. Writing has never been easy.