When a scientist's son or daughter becomes a scientist they'll say "Wonderful! Wonderful!" So, why, in the name of God, would a mother be jealous to see her daughter become a successful writer?

The truth is I hate cocktail parties when the only person I know is my supposed date, and he abandons me the minute we come in the door.

When a scientist's son or daughter becomes a scientist they'll say "Wonderful! Wonderful!" So, why, in the name of God, would a mother be jealous to see her daughter become a successful writer?

Approach your lives as if they were novels, with their own heroes, villains, red herrings, and triumphs.

If you want to be happy for life, love what you do.

When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book.

It's funny how, even long after you've accepted the grief of losing someone you love and truly have gotten on with your life, every once in a while something comes up that plays "gotcha," and for a moment or two the scar tissue separates and the wound is raw again.