My Mother Was My Greatest Fan.

Nothing Teaches You As Much About Writing Dialogue As Listening To It.

Ideas Come From Everywhere - They Come From What You See And Hear And Imagine.

The Best Books Come From Someplace Deep Inside.... Become Emotionally Involved. If You Don't Care About Your Characters, Your Readers Won't Either.

I Thought [books Ban] Was Crazy. Really My Thoughts Were "this Is America, We Don't Do This Here" But Of Course I Know A Lot Better Now. And I Wasn't The Only One. Norma Klein Was Writing At The Same Time. Her Books Were Going. So Many Of Us. When You Say To Me, No You Can't Do This I Say, Oh Yes I Can.

Another Thing All Writers Have In Common Is We're All Observers. We Pay Attention To Detail.