No one should have to go back to the place where she had once been a girl.

I could teach. I could wait tables. I could cook in a restaurant. Food and teaching were the two skills I had.

I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

Why is it that we understand playing the cello will require work, but we attribute writing to the magic of inspiration?

People seem able to love their dogs with an unabashed acceptance that they rarely demonstrate with family or friends. The dogs do not disappointment them, or, if they do, the owners manages to forget about it quickly. I want to learn to love people like this, the way I love my dog, with pride and enthusiasm and a complete amnesia for faults. In short, to love others the way my dog loves me.

You can't spend your whole life in front of a screen.

I'm very comfortable writing.