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

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

This is where men and women are different, we can put aside petty competition for relationships - they can't. It interferes.

I like it when my mother smiles. And I especially like it when I make her smile.

Food is so important - it sustains us, it provides a social focal point, and it is fun. I cannot unravel the difference between love in my family and the preparation of food because they are so closely woven.

Energy has to be fed from a source. If you don't feed the source, it dissipates entirely.Same is true of liking a boy. If you cut off the thoughts, if you stop pinning, you're free to find a boy who is attainable.

And when you clear away the cobwebs of the description of every job in the world, at the bottom of that job is service. It's service. And I took that ethic and applied it to my writing craft.