I started writing at the kitchen table after midnight. It took ten months to finish that first book; I sent it to a publisher and I got some kind of prize, so it was like a dream - I was surprised to find it happening.

Some of our most exquisite murders have been domestic, performed with tenderness in simple, homey places like the kitchen table.

I lost my hair mixing a substance called white gunpowder on the kitchen table.

I started at 5 years old in the kitchen table with my family supporting me. I know where I'm from and I know exactly where I'm going.

I eat bags and bags of cashews. I've got them in the kitchen, and about ten feet away I've got another bowl on the kitchen table. In my backpack, I've always got a bag of cashews. I started eating them in the airports because that's the one food that you can find in every airport that's actually nutritious.

I've just always loved singing, and I come from a family that loves singing around the kitchen table.