"There's that unwritten schism that literary writers get all the awards and commericals writers get all the success."

"I started writing when I had three kids under the age of 4. I used to write every ten minutes I got to sit in front of a computer. Now, when I have more time, I function the same way: if it's writing time, I write."

"Many of my books come from what if questions that I can't answer, things that I'm worried about as either a woman, a wife, a mom, an American."

"I was one of the first authors to have an active website. I'm totally obsessed with technology. I'm always looking for ways to connect with my readers. I answer all my fan mail."

"I know I'm guilty of and I think a lot of people are guilty of sort of getting starry-eyed with love and sort of looking over the bad things and keep going and you don't really prepare for how much work marriage really is."

"I don't mind not being cool."

"There is the view that poetry should improve your life. I think people confuse it with the Salvation Army."

"Sometimes, if you don't have kids yourself, it's assumed you won't understand or know how to play a mom, which is kind of silly if you think about it."