Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.

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

Sometimes I cheat and buy things I used to make from scratch and just doctor them up.

Pay attention to the things that agitate you. It will tell you a lot about yourself.

It's sad to think that we've gotten to this, that we actually have to think about how to go about finding a man. But what's even sadder is that some men make you feel guilty for looking.

I have a big mouth, and over the years, as the eldest of five, I have had a tendency to speak when no one really cared.

Being a lifetime wife and mother has afforded me the luxury of having multiple careers: I've been a teacher. A chauffeur. A chef. An interior decorator. A landscape architect, as well as a gardener. I’ve been a painter. A personal shopper. An accountant and a banker. I’ve been a beautician. Santa Claus. The Tooth Fairy. A movie reviewer. A nurse. A psychologist. A negotiator. An I have a Ph. D in How to Pretend Like You Don’t Mind.