People are intrigued by fame, power and wealth and I think Hollywood is the only place where you get all three together.

I write about the American dream: if you set your mind to do something, you can do it. My fans know they're getting the real thing.

If you wrote a page a day, at the end of the year you would have a book. Whether it's any good or not is beside the point, but you would have a book, instead of just talking about it all the time.

Agents are essential, because publishers will not read unsolicited manuscripts.

The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time with my baby. Oh yeah, I bet your other family is really thrilled.

The biggest critics of my books are the people who never read them.

I really fall in love with my characters, even the bad ones. I love getting together with them. They tell me what to do; they take me on a wild and wonderful trip.