When you allow people to do what they wish, then that is what they do. They stop doing the things they need to do.

When you allow people to do what they wish, then that is what they do. They stop doing the things they need to do.

I write four books a year. I'm very fortunate that I write quickly; around 3,500 words a day. Being strict about delineating my writing time and personal life, as well as keeping distractions at bay, is the only way I can accomplish this.

Each of us is born into our own mysteries but the mystery of another might just take us in and embrace us. And then what a sense of homecoming, of belonging!

I am easily persuaded to continue to have fun.

There are many women whose lives would be immeasurably improved by widowhood, but one should not always point that out.

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.