Writing Novels Is An Essentially Amateur Activity.

Fascination With Horses Predated Every Other Single Thing I Knew. Before I Was A Mother, Before I Was A Writer, Before I Knew The Facts Of Life, Before I Was A Schoolgirl, Before I Learned To Read, I Wanted A Horse.

It Still Astounds Me, After Forty Years, That There Is No Good Bread Between Chicago And San Francisco.

If To Live Is To Progress, If You Are Lucky, From Foolishness To Wisdom, Then To Write Novels Is To Broadcast The Various Stages Of Your Foolishness.

Everything Is Toxic. That's The Point. You Can't Avoid Toxins. Thinking You Can Is Just Another Symptom Of The Toxic Overload Stage.

When I Came Home For The Summer After My First Year Of College, I Told My Mother That My Best Friend And I Were Driving To California. She Laughed Out Loud - 2,000 Miles In A What? Well, My Best Friend Had An Old Chevy. What Could Go Wrong?