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I have held the following jobs: office temp, ticket seller in movie theatre, cook in restaurant, nanny, and phone installer at the Super Bowl in New Orleans.

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Moments are history. If you have enough of them, they become a story.

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If there is one thing I hope my books do always and forever, its that they honor working people.

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Everything has to be clean and orderly when I sit down to write. I have candles going, and small objects that remind me of what I am working on, or bring me into the world of the character.

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And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery, and I knew that the roots of imagery were the senses - and that if my readers could feel, taste and see what I was talking about, I would be able to tell them a story.

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The good things that happen to us were meant to happen, and the bad things that happen are lessons meant to teach us to be better.

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You never know when some small thing will lead to a big idea. Travel is very inspirational - but it's in the ordinary that I find my themes of love and work and family.

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When people are filled to the brim with love, they are their most beautiful.

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The wedding vows are a license to be a complete jerk, with full knowledge that the person you married has agreed, no matter how large a horse's ass you are, to stay by your side until death. A fool could tell you this is a bad deal.

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I even love the smell of books.

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Beware the things of this world that can mean everything or nothing.

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Looking back, now, I realize that you only ever need one person who lights up that way when you enter a room. One person is all it takes to give a kid confidence.

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I am in total silence when I write - I don't even like the sound of the dryer going - I like the quiet.

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Two different things. Work is survival, and love sustains you. You have work anytime. But love? Not always.

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A practical girl never pines; she takes action.

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I began as a dramatist in the theater, so I'm always thinking about how a story moves, what it looks like, how to engage the senses, how dialogue sounds, what feels authentic and sounds real, what's funny, how to build distinctive and original characters - all the aspects of playwriting, scene-building, the architecture of dramatizing.

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I love rhinestones, faux jewelry.

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I have been a joy to live with all spring: Upbeat, warm and tender, uncomplicated, and loving. I am no trouble at all. You could press me into dough and make sugar cookies out of me, I've been so sweet.

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This is one of those times when explaining a feeling cannot measure up to actually having the feeling

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If only men came made to order. It's so hard to find a decent fellow.

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