I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally.

I think that when the world feels safe and secure, we probably feel more that way in our personal lives. What goes on in the world affects us, unequivocally.

I couldn't really experience being an author when I was still working in publishing - I was trying to negotiate being both. Sometimes the knowledge doesn't translate between the two roles.

I feel like if writers used writing as therapy we'd have a ton of happy writers.

I feel sometimes like a book tour is a slow series of humiliations and that if you're strong you'll come out of it OK.

With domestic adoption, you get a form, you fill it out, and there are these boxes: African-American, African-American and Hispanic, and you check the boxes that you're comfortable with. Race is completely open in that regard.

I find I have to touch what I am working on every day, or a deep-seated dread kicks in that is very hard to overcome.