But I think this: that whatever prices I've paid, whatever sorrows I shoulder, well, I have blessings, too. Not just my family now, but the others-the ones who have died...They're with me still. They're here...

Love is like breathing, you take it in and let it out.

I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned.

Love stories are probably all Ive ever been able to write or want to write.

Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.

The seeker embarks on a journey to find what he wants and discovers, along the way, what he needs.