Of the first seven novels I wrote, numbers four and five were published. Numbers one, two, three, six, and seven, have never seen the light of day... and rightly so.

Too much virtue has a corrupting effect.

I caution writers all the time to slow down and pay more attention to the work in front of them than to the end result. I don't think you write one book and get anywhere. I think you write five books and then maybe you are finally on the right path.

Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can.

There's a certain class of people who will do you in and then remain completely mystified by the depth of your pain.

Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats.

I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page.