I spend so much time like living in the past or the future. I mean, I think most people do, really. And the moments when you're really present in your life can be pretty rare, really.

I like listening to books as well, as that way you can iron at the same time.

And when Hugh would grow progressively Gandhi on me, I'd remind him that these were pests---disease carriers who feasted upon the dead and then came indoors to dance upon our silverware.

I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it would happen quickly.

Like all of my friends, she's a lousy judge of character.

I like high school and college writing textbooks and find them very helpful. Whenever I'm stuck and seem to have no ideas, I open one up and turn to the back. There I'll find questions like, "Have you had any experiences with an alcoholic or a sailor?"

Snowball just leads elves on, elves and Santas. He is playing a dangerous game.