That is what touches me most. When somebody says: you really made a difference.

I grew up with my father, so I know more about cars than most women.

I just write all the time! I'm always working. I usually work on several books at once.

Things work out the way they're meant to

The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.

I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.

Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings.