It's very different to have this kid that I'm truly responsible for.

There are, of course, an infinite number of places where one is not, yet only one place where one actually is.

My family is really, really Southern - I had two uncle Bubbas, and grandparents that we called Big Mama and Big Daddy.

There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat.

There's a serendipity to real life that the Internet can't duplicate. Do you use the library? For anything? Well, sometimes you end up picking up the book next to the one you were looking for, and it's that book that changes your life.

I'm for anything that lets writers stretch, in or out of their series.

I adore the work of Stephen Sondheim. I like musicales in general. They make surprisingly great running tapes.