I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.

That is what touches me most. When somebody says: you really made a difference.

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.

Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy.

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.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

Sometimes, if you aren't sure about something, you just have to jump off the bridge and grow your wings on the way down.