You're never going to learn everything..

Nothing else even comes close..

I work from a personal place, and the work has personal meaning for me..

If I'm not clear with the character, I can't do anything with it. But once I get that character, the possibilities are endless. When you have such a ….

Marriage is indeed a maneuvering business..

Everything is personal..

More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week..

I stop wanting what I am looking for, looking for it..

If you were to second guess your decision to book some time to visit an Indian community, that would be a reservation reservation reservation..

Part of growing up is learning your strengths and weaknesses. What better way to figure out that hand-eye coordination ain't your thing than by getti….

The right good book is always a book of travel; it is about a life's journey..

There are too many of us and we are all too far apart..

No one notices I'm breaking inside..

Jeb Bush is the new John Connelly..

If you over-plot your book you strangle your characters. Your characters have to have enough freedom and life to be able to surprise you..

In death the many become one; in life the one become many..

Ranganathan's 5 Laws: Books are for use. Books are for all. Every book its reader, or every reader his book. Save the time of the reader. A library i….

It's a sort of patronizing idea that literature for children has to feature role models of exemplary behavior. I think not only is that bogus, but it….

The vital accessories to my work are my reference books, such as the complete Shakespeare and a prayer book, and a large refuse bin..

As we learn about each other, so we learn about ourselves..

I've always found the second book in a series is the hardest to write..