Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They've made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.

Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.

My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one in charge of the words.

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

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately.

The generation of women who came before us did much of our shouting. They laid the groundwork and now we can be calm and constant and steady.