You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't.

You don't say, I'm going to be a writer when I grow up - at least I didn't.

For me, writing historical fiction is all about finding a balance between reading, traveling, looking, imagining, and dreaming.

Time is a slippery thing: lose hold of it once, and its string might sail out of your hands forever.

Things hardly ever work on the first try. We'll make another, a better one.

My sister-in-law is a painter, and I'll say, how long did it take you to paint that painting. She'll say, It took me maybe three days, but it took me all my life to get the skills to paint that painting.

I found my first novel difficult. I don't want to make it sound like it's any more difficult than driving a cab or going to any other job, but there are so many opportunities for self-doubt, that you just kind of need to soldier on.