I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still.

My laptop broke and because of the storm I could not get a new one. And so I've been promoting my book via iPhone.

It's good to try stuff. I wrote a book that I threw away, and I think I just wrote it so I could try stuff in it and not be scared

I've been told by people who write historical novels that you just sort of write the emotional truth first, the story at the core, and then you go back and research it at the end.

I had always loved life on the road. It was just something that appealed to me very deeply.

In its current incarnation in my life touring is a lot of airports and hotels and car services and only OK food.

Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women.