Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination.

I wanted to tell him that I will never be sorry for loving him. That in a way I still do - that maybe I always will. I'll never regret one single thing we did together because what we had was very special. Maybe if we were ten years older it would have worked out differently. Maybe. I think it's just that I'm not ready for forever.

A lot of people worry much too much about what their children are reading... If a child picks up a book and reads something she has a question about, if she can go to her parents, great. Or else they will read right over it. It won't mean a thing. They are very good, I think, at monitoring what makes them feel uncomfortable. If something makes them feel uncomfortable they will put it down.

[I]t's not just the books under fire now that worry me. It is the books that will never be written. The books that will never be read. And all due to the fear of censorship. As always, young readers will be the real losers.

I wasn't interested in the kinds of books that I thought I should be reading.

First of all I can only focus on one creative project at a time. I wish I could focus on two, because I really only write.

Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination.