Better to accept the wretched truth than struggle, twisting to make a wish a reality.

To be honest, the only thing I ever really wanted to be was a writer - since I read 'Charlotte's Web' as a child.

How much more courage it took to be kind than to be cruel.

The women in the room chatted about love, about childhood, about losing parents, about Mr. Spock, about good books they'd read. They mothered each other.

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.

The question that haunted every investigation was 'why'.

A good journalist, as you know, is a great listener. And so's a good writer. And I got to listen to people for almost 20 years. That serves me well, I hope, when I try to understand how a character might be feeling, or how they might react.