I've nothing against kids reading anything they please, but I do have a problem with pink books for girls and black books for boys.

As authors, we all expect criticism from time to time, and we all have our ways of coping with unfriendly reviews.

I liked her better for showing a little spirit.

You don't write because someone sets assignments! You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or because writing will mend something broken inside you or bring something back to life.

The great thing about books is that you can end with a question mark.

Everything comes home, my mother used to say; every word spoken, every shadow cast, every footprint in the sand. It can't be helped; it's part of what makes us who we are.

I'm phobic about the idea of being constrained.