I had a hard time publishing my books in the beginning of my career, because editors were afraid what people would think of THEM, personally, if their name was associated with me

So that would be a classic mixed message to young women: you should look a certain way that's going to destroy your reproductive system and your sexual appetite, but at the same time, you should be interested in sex!

I'm like the kid in kindergarten; I really do send valentines to everyone.

There IS more criticism of puritanism, and more distance from Christian morality, than there has been before.

I love turning my daughter on to old movies.

Now I have to have the biggest P.O. box in the entire post office to get all the manuscripts coming in.

In fact, I think for a lot of writers, it's so hard to be read.