I don't have a favorite. I need different genres at different times.

I'm a writer of faith who worries about the intolerance of religion. I look at the past and fear we haven't learned from it. I believe that humanity is capable of evil as well as great acts of courage and goodness. I have hope. Deep down, I believe in the human spirit, although sometimes that belief is shaken.

If I'd learned nothing else, it was this: If you want to be a great writer, be a man. If you can't be a man, write like one.

I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.

Being cross-genre, you can encounter an image and decide not only how to best express it but what form would express it best.

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.