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I kissed John Updike as he presented me with an award. It wasn't the best kiss as far as kisses go, but I hold the fact that I kissed John Updike, that he kissed me, very close to my heart.

I've never had a terrible job. I've been a cook, waitress, bookseller, teacher, freelance writer. I know what the bad jobs are, and I haven't done them.

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I believe I can solve others' problems. It's great when it works, but for the most part, it's very unappealing.

In my experience, surgeons tend to need boatloads of attention.

My father was a police officer in Los Angeles.

I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people.

My degree of closeness to my step-siblings varies among the seven, but I have a great sense of loyalty to all of them, especially the four from my childhood. If those people needed my help, I would be there for...

I have been shown so much kindness in my life, so for me to write books about good, kind people seems completely natural.

I've been writing the same book my whole life - that you're in one family, and all of a sudden, you're in another family, and it's not your choice, and you can't get out.

I go through long periods of time when I don't write, and I'm fine.

Writing is an amazing place to hide, to go into the rabbit hole, and pull the trap door down over your head.

I think someone gets stitches in all my novels.

The '70s were a different time as far as parenting was concerned. People left their kids in the car with the windows cracked while they went to the grocery store.

You learn every time you write a book, and then you take that new knowledge and experience into the next book. Hopefully, every time, you raise the bar.

I don't write for an audience, I don't think whether my book will sell, I don't sell it before I finish writing it.

Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature.

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.

People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.

You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to have for dinner. Whereas something like Jaws winds up having a huge effect on me. If only my parents had been taking...

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