I love what I do. I'm so lucky.
What intrigues me is the difference in how women experience power, and how men do.
I'm a human rights person. I don't think people should be unfair to men or women.
The way the world sees women vs. men is a subject that really interests me.
I think people face that in any artistic field, this idea of: oh, I could do that, if I had the time.
Somebody once said to me that photography and writing don't get respect because people think that they can do it, too.
To be able to touch lives, and touch a life that you don't even know, is an extraordinary thing.
That is what touches me most. When somebody says: you really made a difference.
By sharing an experience, or creating an experience that we all go through where the character survives - though not easily, I always say that it's victory at a price - does give people hope.
So often people tell me: you got me through this, you've really helped me. And I never realized that part of what I do is that I give people hope.
I write about the things that happen to us all. The things that are tough, the things that matter, from a loved one fighting an illness, to losing a job, being betrayed by somebody you trust, all parts of the human condition. No one is exempt from those things.
I've rarely met a shoe I didn't like.
I have a few obsessions in life, and one is shoes!
Never lend your car keys to someone you gave birth to.
Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as five at a time.
I just write all the time! I'm always working. I usually work on several books at once.
I publish six books a year now, which is very exciting. But it keeps me into my typewriter at all times! Now that my children have grown up, I'm with my typewriter 20 hours a day.
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