If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

Money doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for bingo night or a costume for a saint or a wall of water-whatever you pour into this life is what makes you rich.

We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge.

I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.

Women move through the world never knowing their power.

I loved to read, still do, and it seemed that the writing was a result of the love of books and reading and libraries.