Mothers hold close, fathers let go. Maybe that’s the way of the world.

We're all in this together - when one writer succeeds, all writers succeed. I love discovering new authors. I think we need to take care of each other and talk about craft and nurture talent.

It is difficult to get men to pick up a female author. Women will read men, but men won't read women.

Expect nothing and life will be velvet.

Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it.

It's kind of the yin and yang that fascinate me. That for all the evil men do, there are also people who work obnoxiously long hours and sacrifice their personal lives because it is a calling - if they don't keep our streets safe, if they aren't there to advocate for and save beaten women and children and murder victims, who will?

If you choose to do something, do it with your utmost. And remember, expect nothing and life will be velvet.