Writing's still the most difficult job I've ever had - but it's worth it.

I can't change overnight into a serious literary author. You can't compare apples to oranges. William Faulkner was a great literary genius. I am not.

I was tired of secrets, tired of seeing things I was not supposed to see. And so I just cried.

I stopped reading William Faulkner because it's hard work. I want to read a good writer, but I also want to read something where the pages are going to move along. That's what I want. It doesn't have to be a thriller or a mystery. Just something where I get caught up in the story.

There are few things in life worse than a long-winded lawyer.

The mother of a trophy wife is not automatically a trophy mother-in-law.

Writing was not a childhood dream of mine. I do not recall longing to write as a student. I wasn't sure how to start.