She liked the way the words sounded. She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble

He would write and write. He would make wonderful things happen. Some of it would be true. All of it would be true. Most of it would be true.

She might be a natural-born cynic, but she knew the right word when she heard it.

If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.

My goal is two pages a day, five days a week. I never want to write, but I'm always glad that I have done it. After I write, I go to work at the bookstore.

Understand, I had absolutely no interest in writing; I wanted to be a Writer.

I always write with music. It takes me a while to figure out the right piece of music for what I'm working on. Once I figure it out, that's the only thing I'll play.

I work full-time in a used bookstore. I get up. I drink a cup of coffee. I think, The last thing I want to do is write. Then I go to the computer and write.