I've never really thought in terms of taboos. I think that books can really help parents and kids talk together about difficult subjects. I've always felt that way.

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

I never thought about writing. I was married young, I was still in college, as we did then, and I had two babies before I was 25, and I loved them, and I loved taking care of them, but I was a little bit cuckoo, staying at home and not having a creative outlet.

Believe in yourself and you can achieve greatness in your life.

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

A person without curiosity may as well be dead.

Ideas come from everywhere - they come from what you see and hear and imagine.