Anything you ever make that matters takes a long time. Some artists never see their work in front of an audience, so for them 15 years is a blink of an eye. I am nothing but grateful.

The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

Book clubs are the best thing that has happened to the world of publishing.

People have often told me that one of their strongest childhood memories is the scent of their grandmother's house. I never knew my grandmothers, but I could always count of the Bookmobile.

I don't use a crap camera, I don't eat junk, and I'm not going to a dance where the boys are bores

Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place.

Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always.