Anyone can love a perfect place. Loving Baltimore takes some resilience.
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.
it's smarter to be lucky than it's lucky to be smart.
Children can be happy when their parents are miserable. But a parent is never happier than her unhappiest child.
In fact, I think every book I've written has been inspired by a real event.
I've gotten to do a lot of stuff, traveled, worked hard at my career.