My most pronounced writing habit is trying not to write.

I'm very optimistic. I think if you would describe me, my pretty consistent affect is that I'm a pretty happy person.

My sister is a public school teacher. She makes far far less money than I do, and gets almost no public attention for her work. Yet I believe what she does is infinitely more important and more difficult than what I do.

[I]n contrast to the common belief that they are the world's greatest cynics, the best journalists are the world's great idealists. They have experienced firsthand the great soothing balance of human existence. For every disgrace there is triumph, for every wrong there is a moment of justice, for every funeral a wedding, for every obituary a birth announcement.

When I'm falling, my girlfriends are my soft landing.

I hadn't written a love story before and I hadn't written a novel with a happy ending before.

But it's important, while we are supporting lessons in respecting others, to remember that many of our youngest kids need to learn to respect themselves. You learn your worth from the way you are treated.