I like to design my clothes; I design my jewelry, yeah. It's fun.

I try not to bore my readers.

I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.

My biggest critics have never read me.

I have written 20 books, and each one is like having a baby. Writing is not easy; some people want to write books but just can't put a story together. I can put together a story that interests both me and my readers.

I have considered rap music stars, and there is one in my new book, Lovers and Players, and there is also a hip-hop music mogul who I think you will like a lot.

There's always things that you know about that nobody else, because everybody's life is different. So you write about what you know. That's number one.