A good writer is always a people watcher.

I was a fearful kid and, for some crazy reason, a pretty fearless writer.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

I don't think I'm a particularly good writer, and I'm not terribly insightful.

There is no motivation higher than being a good writer.

When I was growing up, I dreamed about becoming a cowgirl, a detective, a spy, a great actress, or a ballerina. Not a dentist, like my father, or a homemaker, like my mother - and certainly not a writer, although I always loved to read.