I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept trying.

I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked.

Death is no enemy, but the foundation of gratitude, sympathy, and art. Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver when I was 12.

I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.