You didn't realize what was passing you by until you slowed down a little bit to get a better look.

I think that people do things for a reason - that we have mental illness, that we have genetic wiring that can get triggered by certain environmental factors.

I am a voracious reader myself. I don't stick to one genre. My only criteria is that it's a good story. I try to bring that to my work because I think people can read your excitement about a story.

I don't understand people who say they're bored. Look out your window.

I'm afraid of the general things that everyone is afraid of: a bump in the night that could be a cat or Death dragging his sickle across the room; losing my health; becoming homeless, never meeting George Clooney.

Keeping libraries open, giving access to all children to all books is vital to our nation's sovereignty.

A good editor is one of the sharpest tools a writer can have in her toolbox.