Read, read, read, read and then read some more.

Some things are best left a blur. Births and Visa Bills.

When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again. (Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.

There comes a time when all the cosmic tumblers have clicked into place - and the universe opens itself up for a few seconds to show you what's possible.

There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.

Baseball games are like snowflakes and fingerprints, no two are ever alike.

Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.

Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late.

I had a craving for pineapple and a pink cardigan" - Becky Bloomwood Shopaholic and Baby

Our eyes met in the math class. How were we to know that trigonometry would lead to matrimony?

The life you wish you had will come by working like you never have.

I spent a lot of time vacillating between wanting to be seen as attractive, being terrified by too much attention, and wanting to succeed and fit in without anyone's noticing me.

It sometimes happens that the town child is more alive to the fresh beauty of the country than a child who is country born

Have a little faith, kick a little dirt.

I don't know where a poem comes from until after I've lived with it a long time. I've a notion that a poem comes from absolutely everything that every happened to you.

As a writer, you should have a sticky soul; the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part of you as your hair color.

Those of us who have tested gravity under a hoop know its mystical properties. Robin Layton, as I would have expected, has turned this staple of Americana into a gorgeous art form.

I'm a tek addict myself. No matter where you are, people are looking for something to tear them away from reality, challenge their state of mind.

When a woman starts out in the world on a mission, secular or religious, she should leave her feminine charms at home.

If you want to seed a place with activity, the first thing to do is to put out food.