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

I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!

Somebody once said to me that photography and writing don't get respect because people think that they can do it, too.

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

I don't buy trends, because the pieces don't last and I wind up never wearing them. That's why I like to shop with my children; they'll always tell me the truth.

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

I don't want to have to give up me, in order to be his.