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.

Sometimes I wonder what the difference is between being cautious and being dead.

Age plays cruel tricks on the human face; all our repressed feelings become visible on the surface, where they harden like a mask.

I spent the first twenty years of my writing career preparing for the mystery genre, which is my favorite literary form.

Ghosts don't haunt us. That's not how it works. They're present among us because we won't let go of them.

The struggle is what teaches you.

I write because it's all I know how to do. Writing is my anchor and my purpose. My life is informed by writing, whether the work is going well or I'm stuck in the hell of writer's block, which I'm happy to report only occurs about once a day.