My husband says I have too much imagination, but I don't think a writer can have too much imagination!

My mother was my greatest fan.

I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.

She wondered if all the firsts in her life would go by so quickly, and be forgotten just as quickly.

Another thing all writers have in common is we're all observers. We pay attention to detail.

I made promises to you that I'm not sure I can keep. None of it has anything to do with you. It's just that I don't know what to do now. You must be thinking what a rotten person I am. Well, believe me, I'm thinking the same thing. I don't know how this happened or why. Maybe I can get over it. Do you think you can wait - because I don't want you to stop loving me. I keep remembering us and how it was. I don't want to hurt you ... not ever.

I'm a rewriter. That's the part I like best . . . once I have a pile of paper to work with, it's like having the pieces of a puzzle. I just have to put the pieces together to make a picture.