You are always someones favorite unfolding story

When I wrote nonfiction, my best work was the really personal stuff.

I have seven step-siblings from my mother's second and third marriages. My degree of closeness to my step-siblings varies among the seven but I have a great sense of loyalty to all of them, especially the four from my childhood. If those people needed my help I would be there for them.

You can’t pick up and leave everything behind because there is too much sadness in the world and not enough places to go.

If you're trying to find out what's coming next, turn off everything you own that has an OFF switch and listen.

The idea I pursue is the one that keeps coming back to me. The characters I think about as I'm falling asleep at night or when I'm driving to the grocery store are the one's I wind up writing about.

One must not be shy where language is concerned.