My only advice is to stay aware, listen carefully, and yell for help if you need it.

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 loved to read, and I think any child who loves to read will read anything, including the back of the cereal box, which I did every morning.

our finger prints dont fade from the lives we touch

I never read the "Bobbsey Twins" or "Boxcar Children."But I did remember being downtown, at the bookstore by myself and having an allowance and spending it on a Nancy Drew mysteries. And I was probably eleven, twelve.

That's my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.

Its all about your determination, I think, as much as anything. There are a lot of people with talent, but its that determination.