The best rush in the world is getting something at 80 percent off.

If you jump to conclusions, you make terrible landings.

I'm more interested in interpersonal relationships - between lovers families, siblings. That's why I write about how we treat each other.

I'm not an angry woman. I'm not bitter.

Parents can ruin children, and sometimes that's a learned behavior. Sometimes you can't blame your parents for it, sometimes you can. I think to me, that's what the whole paradox is, is people that have children that don't even know how to raise them.

I let my characters do the talking, simple as that.

You know, one of my fears about living alone so long is that you get used to doing everything your own way.