I work too hard and don't play enough.

It would be hard for me to overestimate the importance of reading. Nothing can expand the mind and heart like the magic al world of books. .... Our libraries are an essential resource for our children, our communities, and our future.

I write about the things that happen to us all. The things that are tough, the things that matter, from a loved one fighting an illness, to losing a job, being betrayed by somebody you trust, all parts of the human condition. No one is exempt from those things.

Motherhood is not for the faint-hearted. Frogs, skinned knees, and the insults of teenage girls are not meant for the wimpy.

You could never predict what would happen. There was an element of destiny in everything that one could never account for.

To be able to touch lives, and touch a life that you don't even know, is an extraordinary thing.

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