Intermittently it would ring, but there was nobody on it. It was dead.

Congress has decided to cut funding for Head Start programs. Just last month we received a one percent cut and they're anticipating we're going to receive another one percent cut.

Don't let anyone tell you you can't live your dream. You can. I got started late, but I stuck with it.

I think most writers, if they will admit it, have stories in their head all the time ... . The problem with writers is we have too many stories.

In our own life, we don't have a lot of control over our world. When I make my own world, I'm in control. I can put them into trouble. I can get them out of trouble.

My mother's first career was physical therapy, her second was writer, and her third career was president of an organic fertilizer company. And she's driven a tank.