I'm an old storyteller. I tell the story. It's about the story.

Most of my books are a two-year project. I tend to follow my heart and my mind and research materials where they take me.

the world is not a pleasant place to be without someone to hold and be held by.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

Life is a marvelous, transitory adventure.

We all have our muses. My grandmother and my mother are the people I write for. I'll never have to worry about who buys my work, or who likes it, and who doesn't. The people who I want to be proud of me already are.

I grow old though pleased with my memories The tasks I can no longer complete Are balanced by the love of the tasks gone past I offer no apology only this plea: When I am frayed and strained and drizzle at the end Please someone cut a square and put me in a quilt That I might keep some child warm And some old person with no one else to talk to Will hear my whispers And cuddle near