I am my mother's daughter,... I am her only novel.

The real writer is one who really writes.

Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.

I communicate much better with cats, usually. I know them and their body language - as my own cats know mine very well. Cats are adept at reading subtle signals.

I never thought of myself as explaining cats in general. I simply viewed the cats I have known as characters in my life, often as quirky and complex as the humans with whom I have spent time.

The moon is always female and so am I although often in the vale of razorblades I have wished I could put on and take off my sex like a dress and why not?

Live as if you like yourself, and it may happen.