A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.
I think I'm very real as a person, and that comes across in my work.
I studied literature design and fashion design.
I started writing stories as a child.
I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.
I like summer. I like warmer weather and long days. I'm one of those silly people who still enjoy lying in the sun - my children are horrified!
I did it at night because I loved it. I never did it to make money, as a job. I just did it because I had to.
I completed my first novel when I was 19 years old.
I try to give people hope. Even though life is bleak, there's hope out there.
I've shut myself inside these walls, and I'm going to be a very lonely old lady if I'm not careful.
I am endlessly busy, bringing up five young kids, and trying to keep up with the three older ones. I still spend most of my life driving car pools.
It's hard being visible, so I've made myself invisible.
The usual way - through a long series of rejections, revising my manuscripts, and kept trying again and again. Finally I was fortunate enough to find a good agent.
The records of adopted children are sealed in California. That seal is considered inviolable... The judge ruled that, because I was famous, he didn't have the same rights as other kids.
People are much more inclined to believe and say bad things about you if you're famous.