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.

What’s ready? Was Steinback ready? Hemingway? Shakespeare? Dickens? Jane Austen? They just did it, didn’t they?

I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous.

If it's meant to be, they'll find a way to make it work eventually.

People have entire relationships via text message now, but I am not partial to texting. I need context, nuance and the warmth and tone that can only come from a human voice.

She didn't want to let go of him, or the baby, but sometimes life made you give up what you loved most.

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.