It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

It took seven years from the day I decided I wanted to write fiction to actually getting a book published.

I love writing about people on the road.

I almost never slept deeply anymore--as soon as she said my name, I always sat up immediately, no matter how tired I was.

I know a lot about when I was a little girl, because my sister used to keep a diary. Today I keep her diary in a drawer next to by bed. I like to see how her memories were the same as mine, but also different.

Watch out for life ... It's harder than it looks.

Some days I think she was really miserable, because she cried a lot. In a way, I'd had to steel my heart to her crying. You need to steel yourself to a lot of things when someone in your family is really sick.