Alzheimer's disease locks all the doors and exits. There is no reprieve, no escape.

Just think: people decided one day that a day should be set aside for motherhood and fatherhood. What a great concept that is.

I did what most writers do when something happens that's overwhelming, fascinating, moving, all of that. I didn't know what else to do about it except write about it.

I think we can work through a lot of political and international problems, but what really frightens me is what's happening environmentally.

The memories stayed with him for so long, and stayed vivid. And it didn't matter to me that he'd already repeated that before. I could hear it forever.

Laura Bush went on national television during the week of my father's funeral and spoke out against embryonic stem cell research, pointing out that where Alzheimer's is concerned, we don't have proof that stem-cell treatment would be effective.

I knew people were independently publishing, and I buy books on Amazon. I began seriously considering it when Amanda Hocking was in the news about her self-publishing success.