I don't like futons. They can't commit. I'm a bed! I'm a couch! I'm a bed! I'm a couch!

I can carry a tune with a three-note range. Once I'm out of that range, I'm in trouble.

Every mother I've ever met, pretty much without exception, is doing the best job she can ever do.

I've learned a lot this year.. I learned that things don't always turn our the way you planned, or the way you think they should. And I've learned that there are things that go wrong that don't always get fixed or get put back together the way they were before. I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

My publisher feels that my readers are loyal to the voice of my stories, the characters I'm creating.

I've learned that some broken things stay broken, and I've learned that you can get through bad times and keep looking for better ones, as long as you have people who love you.

When I was five I learned to read. Books were a miracle to me - white pages, black ink, and new worlds and different friends in each one. To this day, I relish the feeling of cracking a binding for the first time, the anticipation of where I'll go and whom I'll meet inside.