Long-distance relationships are another way of avoiding intimacy.

Her writing was her only escape, her only means of survival. It was a respite from a cruel world, despite seemingly comfortable surroundings.

It's been very hard, after being mostly a mom, to develop an adult life of my own. And not being married anymore, I have to come up with challenges.

I started writing stories as a child.

I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.

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

I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.