Sometimes when a character in a novel is difficult for me to enter, I sue something in myself or in my own life as a doorway into that character's mind and emotions.

The art of fiction is one of constant seduction. You must persuade the reader on page 1 to start reading - on page 50, or page 150 and yes, on page 850.

I wasn't afraid of being poor; I rather took it for granted. I was good at getting by with very little. I couldn't imagine sacrificing my writing to anything else.

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

Every artist creates with open eyes what she sees in her dream.

Work is its own cure. You have to like it better than being loved.

Doorways are sacred to women for we are the doorways of life and we must choose what comes in and what goes out.