Occupation: Novelist Birth: 1970
I'm writing novels because I found something I love because I tried it. Don't be afraid to shake it up..
I will probably always cry myself to sleep, but knowing this, someday the tears won't be sad, or filled with regret. Maybe they will be joyful.
I love rhinestones, faux jewelry..
Money doesn't have anything have anything to do with the magnificence of a person. It doesn't. What matters is what you make. Whether it's a cake for….
I'm very organized - and the best thing - when you love your work, you don't mind putting in 15 hour days. It's joyful..
Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always..
I don't settle in any other area of my life when it comes to excellence, so why should I lower my standards when it comes to boys?.
Sometimes we get our hearts broken, only to have the right person come along to mend them..
A practical girl never pines; she takes action..
I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving. I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough ….
Food was celebration, conversation, and nourishment. The table is where the big decisions of the family are made and all the arguing takes place..
I used to believe my art had to be about the things that brought me joy and gave me hope. But I learned that art can be found in all of life, even in….
All you needed is what every girl needs, a good friend. Someone to talk to, to share with, to run things by..
Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows..
When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful..
Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing..
All the things I thought I was - simple and plain and sometime funny - are very small words. They do not begin to describe me. They do not begin to e….
We hang out, we help one another, we tell one another our worst fears and biggest secrets, and then just like real sisters, we listen and don't judge..
Let life unfold, say what you mean. You can’t always think about what you’ve lost, or what you don’t have, or what you didn’t get. Because when you d….
Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a ki….
I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet..