Eastern Connecticut is very different from Western; we're more liverwurst than pâté, more bowling than polo.

I'm a very rooted person. I grew up in Norwich, Connecticut, I still live in Connecticut.

Change what you can, accept what you can't, and be smart enough to know the difference

I try to stick with what moves me or teaches me about myself, same thing I hope the novels do for others.

I walked over and looked closer at the statue of the goddess. She was wearing a headdress with a skull and a cobra and a crescent moon. Maybe this is what peace of mind was all about: having a poisonous snake on your head and smiling anyway.

But what are our stories if not the mirrors we hold up to our fears?

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