I fell in love with books at the Elizabeth Public Library when I was four.

[Writing] totally changed my life. It gave me my life. Everything opened up.

Never give up! And remember, determination is as important as talent.

When you ask, did writing change my life? It totally changed my life. It gave me my life.

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.

My mother never talked about sex. I was on the Dr. Ruth [ Westheimer] show once - this is years and years and years ago - and it was her Mother's Day show. And I didn't know what we were going to talk about but what she decided we were going to talk about was female masturbation. My mother had invited all her girlfriends. And you know these were all women in their late seventy's maybe they were in their eighty's by then and then and they were horrified because Dr Ruth had a little she had a little chart up you know "female masturbation".

My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me, I talk about them at the dinner table as if they are real. Some people consider this weird. But my family understands.