Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent.

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.

The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.

I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when I grew up.

Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.

It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.

There's nothing quite like a real . . . train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute