I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.

There was nothing you couldn't do if you wanted it bad enough, and were willing to work hard enough to get it.

I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.

Lust is temporary, romance can be nice, but love is the most important thing of all. Because without love, lust and romance will always be short-lived.

I studied literature design and fashion design.

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

I publish six books a year now, which is very exciting. But it keeps me into my typewriter at all times! Now that my children have grown up, I'm with my typewriter 20 hours a day.