My grandmother told me that her father used to ask her a riddle: What must you break apart in order to bring a family close together? Bread, of course.

She was all the things I wasn't. And i was all the things she wasn't. she could paint circles around anyone; I couldn't even draw a straight line. She was never into sports; I've always been. Her hand, it fit mine.

There is no one truth. There’s only what happened, based on how you perceive it.

Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the muse. I don't buy that. It's a job. There are days when I really want to write, days when I don't. Every day I sit down and write.

You would wind up as a cat, I told her. They don't need anyone else. I need you, she replied. Well, I said. Maybe I'll come back as catnip.

Lawyers were notorious for finding cases in the most unlikely places, especially ones with huge potential damagers awards.

I am Alice in Wonderland', Josie thought. 'Watch me fall.