No matter how well a person writes, a successful book is a team effort involving many, many people.

Being interested in a woman is quite another matter from being in love with one.

I love writing Christmas stories, especially of the historical variety.

I tell you that there are eighty-plus-year-old nudists cavorting on your property, Ashley O'Ballivan, and all you can do is laugh?

Sometimes, everything in the world seems to be lined up against you. All the evidence says you ought to run the other way. Make the bravest choice, not the safest. It's not the best advice, but it's all I have to offer

I was once a single mother, with very few resources, so I have a special place in my heart for women in difficult situations.

Courage, like so many other things, was not something one did or didn't have; it was a decision, a choice.