I'm of the Samuel Goldwyn school of writing: If you need to send a message, call Western Union. Any messages people take away from my books are the ones they see in them.

If you want to send a message, try Western Union.

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.

Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think 'We don't need to be as diligent with the razor blade,' but they do.

Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.

If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.