Lying on the front passenger seat, as if it didn't matter, was Rose's Diary. It Mattered..

People think they own time. They have watches and clocks and digital pulses. But they are wrong. Time owns them..

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession..

But sometimes, in tight corners, when your back is against the wall and the world is against you, you have to fight back in unexpected ways..

I get letters from readers who say that they have always hated reading, but somebody suggested one of my books, they actually finished the book and e….

When in doubt, shut up..

People nearly always believe, and are willing to back it up with weapons and cruelty, that their religion and way of life is better than the other pe….

Breakfast was only worth having when somebody else made it for you..

If you write a story based on a real person, you're trapped by the details of the real person and his life. It gets in the way of writing your own st….

in Los Angeles ... was the thinking-est crowd on earth: how to get ahead, how to mold a better body, how to have a better relationship, how to score,….

My favorite book is always the one I'm working on at the moment.

What more can life hold, than to know that because of your story, somebody out there has decided to read again!.

I wrote eight full-length adult novels in my twenties. None of them were published.

I believe my voice is pretty much the same. I've written 75 books, so I'm better at it now than I was earlier in my career.

Stephen had just come from a class discussion in which several students believed that the right cup of herbal tea would save them from pain and sorro….

I'm one of the lucky writers: plots come easily to me.

I wonder why we always deny love. I remember in middle school, if you were accused of the crime of loving, you screamed denials constantly and stoppe….

I'll take you to Mickey D's," said Sean. "I'll buy you a hamburger." Annie was not thrilled. Sean's offer did not compare to offers made in other cen….

But I found my family. I found the right thing to do. I found the way home..

I love writing and do not know why it is considered such a difficult, agonizing profession. I love all of it, thinking up the plots, getting to know ….

I decided to write short stories because they got rejected quicker..