People judge you because of your weight and your food issues. It's very visual.

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

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.

You can quit smoking, and never have to have a cigarette again to survive. But with food, it is a daily challenge.

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

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.

Sometimes, things are just exercises.