I think it's important to remember that writing is a gift and our stories are gifts to ourselves and to the world and sometimes giving isn't always the easiest thing to do but it comes back.

No matter how big you get, it's still okay to cry because everybody's got a right to their own tears.

I loved and still love watching words flower into sentences and sentences blossom into stories.

When I'm writing flawed characters, I just think about my own flaws.

I pay a lot of attention to whitespace. I pay a lot of attention to the rhythm of words together.

Mama says it's okay to be on the quiet side—if quiet means you're listening, watching, taking it all in.

I have met women who don't have close women friends, and I've always been like, "How could that possibly be?"