When I was in second grade, my mother moved from Miami to this evangelical conservative environment in western North Carolina, two miles down the road from Billy Graham and his wife, Ruth.

Even if you are a best-seller you feel insecure because it is all so unpredictable.

You can't cure a chipped plate. All you can do is live with it or throw it out.

I'm very, very sensitive to pain and to people who suffer.

In my forties, my optimism was boundless. I had really good health and tremendous success which allowed me to do anything I wanted.

Survival my only hope. Success my only revenge

My fans want me to talk to them. And even if they want to be critical, I want to hear what they've got to say.