Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.

For a woman, love is the highest dream, and if a man promises to build a ladder tall enough to reach it, she believes him, hikes up her skirt, and follows him to the stars.

I even love the smell of books.

The intimacy. The deepest level of love. The knowledge that someone understands you, is rooting for you, is sharing your life.

I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up.

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

Mama always said a good family has one heartbeat. No one knows you like the people you live with, and no one will take up your cause to the outside world quite like your blood relatives.