Love is a rebellious bird that no one can tame

I'm very sentimental about lobsters. The last lobster I ate was the only lobster I cooked.

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.

I am the person who is appropriating stories that are not mine and turning them into a book.

Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for people we've never met, living lives we couldn't possibly experience for ourselves, because the book puts us inside the character's skin.

Anytime you write about priests or cops, they're hot-button professions.

I don't want to stand with somebody's praise. Whereas now when people come up to me, they say, "I love the bookstore" and "Kids! Come here, come here! This is the woman who owns the bookstore." That's incredible. I can say to that, "Thank you for shopping local. Thank you for coming in. What are you reading? Let's talk about books." It's about something I'm doing as opposed to somehow something I am. I feel comfortable and positive in that role. Because it's about reading. It's about books. It's about learning. It's about business and tax base.