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

With "Margaret," I remember clearly it was, you know because I did remember it clearly. I was young. I was young in terms of experience and what did I know about and I had an incredible memory from my own childhood. And so it never occurred to me to write for any other age group. And I thought I'm going to write a book and I'm going to tell the truth.

The best books come from someplace deep inside.... Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either.

I'm an e-mail junkie though I'm trying to read my in-box only twice a day and to answer all at once.

I love movies, and theater, and kayaking, reading, biking, walking - oh, and dancing. I love to dance!

I am certainly a fearful person, but fearless in my writing. So there's that other person inside.

Snoring keeps the monsters away.