I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

The only way to find out if you can write is to set aside a certain period every day and try. Save enough money to give yourself six months to be a full-time writer. Work every day and the pages will pile up.

I have only one reader - me. I'm the average reader. If I like it, that's all I worry about.

I'm convinced that it's energy and humor. The two of them combined equal charm.

I would, however, start writing fiction about 10 years before I actually did, because it's such great fun to do, many times more creative than nonfiction.

You can browse to your heart's content but it's hard work and not easy on the feet unless you do it through catalogs or the Internet, and I like to touch and try on the things I buy.

My work caused me to interview hundreds of women about their lives and their problems.