No one cared what she wanted. No one had ever cared. And perhaps, worst of all, no one ever would care.

My favorite food is deep-fried ravioli. I always get that every year.

I'm just doing what I've done my whole life, which is talking to people about books and making them read. It's what I do in my friendships. "Here, you have to read this, you have to read this."

The themes in my books, like in life, are about grace and redemption and you never know when they're going to show up and what form they're going to be in. Stories emerge from keeping your heart open to the people that cross in front of you or the dogs or the mice, and their ability to open you up and enrich your life.

I'm predisposed to think that as a people, we're hardwired to understand things through the telling of stories. I think that as human beings it's part of who we are.

Fairy tales dont tell you that dragons are real, but that they can be defeated!

Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be sweetness and light.