Good parents have children who do terrible things and vice-versa.

Too many of us are hung up on what we don't have, can't have, or won't ever have. We spend too much energy being down, when we could use that same energy – if not less of it – doing, or at least trying to do, some of the things we really want to do.

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

I'm not trying to be a middle aged centerfold, I just want to look at myself naked and not be disgusted.

Folks want to glow, to leave their worries and dead skin behind.

I would like to think that as a result of not just my own experiences, but at least being empathetic and compassionate about other people's experiences and plights and tragedies, that I am affected by it and learn from it.

I used to get a lot of letters from prisoners. It used to get on my nerves. Especially family members. Everybody's innocent.