I will go and speak at rotary clubs. I will go and speak at schools. I'm so much in the community, but in a way that I love. It's been such a positive thing.

Coming back is the thing that enables you to see how all the dots in your life are connected.

If I was a waitress, I was too tired at the end of the day when I came home to try to write.

We are taught to be suspicious, especially of anyone who might not look like us or share our beliefs.

My writing process has changed because it's harder to find uninterrupted time.

You can't be a good person when you're writing and a bad person to your husband or a bad friend.

Keeping people safe is a story we tell ourselves.