So often people tell me: you got me through this, you've really helped me. And I never realized that part of what I do is that I give people hope.

Not everyone is meant to stay forever.

The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to find a good agent.

I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!

I have these wonderful homes, and no one to share them with.

Writing is a solitary endeavor, but not a lonely one. When you write, your world is populated by the characters you invent and you feel those people filling your lives.

People do strange things sometimes, when they feel hopeless.