Nobody is ordinary if you know where to look.

In my stories, whenever there's somebody wonderful and charming and bright and intelligent, that's me!

I do try to live every day as if it were my last, and it has worked for me so far.

I discovered that men were just like everyone else, really. They liked you if you were good-tempered and easy to talk to. And being a big girl meant other females trusted you more and confided in you.

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

Success is not like a cake that needs to be divided. It's more like a heap of stones - a cairn. If someone is successful, they add a stone to the cairn. It gets very high and can be seen from all over the world. That's how I see it.

All I ever wanted to do is to write stories that people will enjoy and feel at home with.