I feel somewhat responsible for the Borders Books bankruptcy.

One of the very best reasons for having children is to be reminded of the incomparable joys of a snow day.

The genius of a folk melody or story is not the feeling that it's original but quite the opposite - the feeling that it has existed all along.

I think the real reason is that life has no meaning. I mean, no obvious meaning. You wake up, you go to work, you do stuff. I think everybody's always looking for something a little unusual that can preoccupy them and help pass the time.

I work at home, in the country, and days will go by when, except for my husband and son and the occasional UPS man, the only sentient creatures that see me are my chickens and turkeys.

Even after I'd published three books and had been writing full-time for twenty years, my father continued to urge me to go to law school.

Animals can seem more pure. Without complication, I mean, animals are selfless. What animals do for us, they do out of instinct.