I'm sure that whatever changed is only temporary. It will change again.

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

Because there was a hunger in me to see everything and do everything. I wanted to be everyone I saw. I wasn't enough for me. Can you understand that?

I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking. It's a much more in-depth process