I love reading all kinds of books. I usually have about ten books going at any one time - books about the past, the present, novels, non-fiction, poetry, mythology, religion, etc. Reading is my favorite thing to do.

Diana felt she was beginning to understand why, in all those novels she read, the headiest loves were the loves that couldn't be.

I would love to live in 'The Lord of the Rings.' J. R. R. Tolkien's world is so vivid and rich and sensual. I love the country setting and the routine of the hobbits. Of course, I would like to be a hobbit who goes on small adventures - not huge, horrifying ones like Frodo's quest.

I love spending time researching a character and reading about them.

Every time I think of it I pinch myself 'cause I don't believe it's true, that someone like you loves me too.

A good novel, one which entices the author as much as it beckons the reader.