I approach serious subjects, and I like to have the good guys win and have the parents among the good guys

But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways.

If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own story.

I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career

But I found my family. I found the right thing to do. I found the way home.

People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other person's

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know the kids in the story, their parents, backyards, pizza toppings.