The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try to write a story that I'm just plain not talented or skilful enough to write. That's the dilemma every storyteller faces. It is painful to fail. But it is far sadder when a storyteller stops wanting to try.

But I hope that in the lives of [the characters], you will find stories worth holding in your memory, perhaps even in your heart. That's the transaction that c…

This is the essence of the transaction between storyteller and audience. The 'true' story is not the one that exists in my mind; it is certainly not the writte…

A strange thing happened then. The speaker agreed with her that she had made a mistake that night, and she knew when he said the words that it was true, that h…

In order to achieve anything, you must be brave enough to fail.

My approach is I'm coming from a place where it's okay to take chances or maybe it's a good thing to fall on your face.

When it comes down to it, at the end of the day, I need more out of my life and I need to push myself harder. And if at the end of the day I don't have it, the…