A journalist also needs to be disciplined, and so do I. I am, essentially, lazy. Without discipline I'd be just a mass of gummy bears on the sofa instead of on book tour with my eighth novel.

I'm just like this. I have no talent for choosing my battles. Life seems, strangely, like a battle to me. The whole thing.

Myrna could spend happy hours browsing bookcases. She felt if she could just get a good look at a person’s bookcase and their grocery cart, she’d pretty much know who they were.

Where there is love there is courage, where there is courage there is peace, where there is peace there is God. And when you have God, you have everything.

Few things are better in the world than a room full of librarians. I consider them literary heroes. The keepers and defenders of the written word.

Winning doesn't mean my book is better than anyone else's. It means I'm very fortunate. And I should be very, very aware of that. And grateful.

No good ever comes from putting up walls. What people mistake for safety is in fact captivity. And few things thrive in captivity.