I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.

As I get older, the things I'm sure of become fewer.

When I began writing, the words that inspired me were these: A writer is someone who has written today. If you want to be a writer, whats stopping you?

When you have an important story to tell, the words you need seem to come of their own accord.

Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children - Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.

Jealousy is an emotion. It doesn't have to make sense. In fact, it usually doesn't.

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.