Everyone has a ghost story, or at least thats how it has always seemed to me.

A lot of people are afraid of dolls - everybody remembers Chucky.

When I first came to New York, I would scream like a girl and run to the other side of the street if there was a pigeon. Now I can face off with a pigeon.

My first day as an intern in the books department at Cosmopolitan also happened to be the day the O.J. Simpson verdict was announced.

My dad was a cross-country truck driver.

My writing is sort of Sidney Sheldon meets Anne Tyler.

The storm is the optimist’s friend, but the pessimist’s nightmare.

Like a good Indian, he knew when to talk and when to remain silent. Like a good Indian, he knew there was never a good time to talk.

No guilt or anger or longing changes that.

I do not know any reading more easy, more fascinating, more delightful than a catalogue.

The most important issue we have to deal with is freedom of movement.

You also notice that the right side of your face feels like it's sliding off of your skull. And your bottom lip is in your lap!

One forgets so quickly one's own youth.

We always use resin instead of polyurethane, even though it takes more work and is in places where it can't be seen, because resin tends to be more UV stable than urethane.

If you are giving back, you took too much.

Once you have a very, very large budget, you actually look for expensive things to spend it on.