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.

Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.

This is motherhood for you,' said my own mother. 'Going through life with your heart outside your body.

Right now women are using surrogates because they can't be pregnant. What worries me is the possibility that soon they'll use surrogates because they don't want to be pregnant.

I love it when people ask who my influences are... or what my favorite part of my last book was... or the last great book I read.

There's all kinds of love in the world, and not all of it looks like the stuff in greeting cards.

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