Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.

If it pleases you and you can write at all, it's gonna please somebody else.

Silver, gold - I don't discriminate! I like sparkly things.

Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.

Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States.

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.

I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception.

I certainly think we're going to see more and more graphic novels and more illustrated novels.

I don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy.

I freely admit I know nothing about television or writing for the screen.

I like sparkly things.

I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.

I'm a middle-class former housewife who goes to my daughter's softball games.

I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that.

If I quit having fun, then it's time for me to quit working.

Most of the books that feature supernatural characters blending with the modern world and are usually set in big cities.

No, I won't ever write another 'Lily Bard.' I said everything I had to say about Lily.

People are really interested in the concept of eternal youth in this plastic-surgery culture.

Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.

Yes, I'm happy with Alan Ball's production of my novels.