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

in Los Angeles ... was the thinking-est crowd on earth: how to get ahead, how to mold a better body, how to have a better relationship, how to score, earn, fight, win, get published, be a star.

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 readers are crazy about their parents and want to be just like them when they grow up

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

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession.

I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually finished the book and enjoyed it, and they're going on to read another book. I'm thrilled that they have figured out that reading is fun