It's interesting to see people overcome things. Because if you didn't overcome, you wouldn't be writing it.

I can't wait for both my daughters to be old enough to read all my books. I loved it every time I saw my parents acting like more than just my parents. And I'm looking forward to that with my daughters too. I am looking forward to having them discover me as someone completely other than their mother.

There is something human about the way people react to and identify with suffering. There's a lot more empathy in the world than we perhaps realize.

It is the calm and silent waters that drown you.

I love the process of cracking the spine for the first time and slowly sinking into a book. That will soon seem old-fashioned, I'm sure, like the time of illuminated manuscripts.

The more practice you have, the less stressful writing is.

...women, brave as stars at dawn