Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as five at a time.

You can have anything you want, if you go out and get it. If you claim it as your own. You have a right to it.

You don’t know how lucky you are, my dear. Don’t waste it with regrets of the places and people you have lost. You have a lifetime to fill, so many good times and good years and great people ahead of you. You must rush to meet it.

My early reviews were so bad that I decided I didn't want to read them again.

I have a few obsessions in life, and one is shoes!

.. All you know is your parents telling you that you're not deserving, you're not worthy, and no one will ever want you. Believe me, tapes like that play so loud, you can't hear anything else. Even when it's clear otherwise.

Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as five at a time.