She undressed slowly, dreamily, and when she was naked, she selected a bright red negligee to wear so that the blood would not show.

I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it

Talent is a gift that can be given, and it can be taken away. We have to appreciate that.

To find riches is a beggar’s dream, but to find love is the dream of kings.

Coleridge wrote, "Dreams are no shadows, but the very substances and calamities of my life.

I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

I wanted to make sure that the man who found the genie would not take terrible advantage of her, so he needed to be a person of integrity and honor - which is why I made the male lead an astronaut. The rest, as they say, is history.