I don't believe in writer's block. There are good days when you're writing and less good days. I've learned that if it's not happening to walk away and return later. I doodle a lot and often get my best ideas with a pencil in my hand while I'm doodling. The problem is, sometimes I lose my doodles and that's bad!

Determination and hard work are as important as talent.

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

When [books ban] happened, I felt completely alone and that was scary and sad.

Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?

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.

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