If you're a voracious reader and you write something that you want to read, odds are other people will want to read it, too.

When I go into the garden, I forget everything. It's uncomplicated in my world of gardening. It's trial and error, really. If something doesn't work, it comes out, and you start all over again.

The best way to correct a mistake is to make it right.

We all need that experience of forgetting who you are. Forgetting who you are is such a delicious experience and so frightening that we're in this conflicted predicament.

Everything is given by God. All talent, creativity, ability, insight, and strength comes from him. In our own strength we can do nothing.

Curiosity is the best motive for writing: curiosity about the world at large, or about oneself.

Love is a healer and I love you.

I think my real depressions started when I was about 16 and doing The Patty Duke Show. I would go to bed at about 10 o'clock on a Friday night and not get up again until 6:30 Monday morning

There's nothing bigger than being asked to perform at the Super Bowl.

First, study the present construction. Second, ask for all past experiences ...study and read everything you can on the subject.

In my case, the long gaps between my books have got quite a lot to do with lack of confidence. A lot of the time when I'm not writing I start thinking I can't do it.