Without peanut butter, I might starve.

I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.

Isn't that interesting. All the book clubs. I've never belonged to one.

Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new people. Books helped me learn to understand other people and they taught me a lot about myself. ... Some books you never forget. Some characters become your friends for life.

I'm a people person. I never get tired of watching people, especially young people.

I'm really quite bad at coming up with plot ideas. I like to create characters and just see what will happen to them when I let them loose!

I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god, maybe I can really do this". That was a review of "Margaret."