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 look at my roommates who are so proud of me that it makes me proud.

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

The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.

If a man walks in beauty, he will create, and when he creates, he prospers.

And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.

A good mother is irreplaceable.