When something's got to give, family always wins. I couldn't live with myself if it was the other way.

When something's got to give, family always wins. I couldn't live with myself if it was the other way.

I'm not a writer, but I'm very good at editing. That's my specialty. I can read something and tell you everything that's wrong with it and what's great about it and what needs to change, but it's hard for me to organize my thoughts.

Everybody has their challenges; I couldnt say that we have more challenges than other people, theyre just different.

I would follow my mother around the kitchen watching and trying to find any way to help. One of the first dishes my mother taught me to make was hollandaise sauce. Though she always served it with broccoli, I soon realized it was equally delicious with asparagus, artichokes, or any other vegetable.

Worrying won't prevent the worst outcome. I've learned to live in the moment, which is not my natural tendency. I've always thought that if I worried about something enough, it wouldn't happen. I forgot to worry about Parkinson's.

James Patterson has a way with female characters. He understands women in a way that a lot of male writers don't.