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My mission as a writer is to give my readers hope to carry with them, and to promote a belief that they can do anything they set their minds to.

The things I write are for those who are willing to accept a new relationship between the reader and the author.

Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work.

My intention throughout has been to write, to create literature, and to be able to look people in the eye after I'd done it - the people I'd written about.

I believe it is important to speak to your readers in person... to enable people to have a whole picture of me; I have to both write and speak. I view my role as writer and also as oral communicator.

Writing is a way of getting at the things most people would prefer to escape. Writing takes me to the center of life. That's my invitation to my readers as well.

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read.

Writing is something that I've always loved. That stems from my love of being a reader.

I come to writing the same way I come to teaching, which is that my goal is always to create life-long readers.

To be a writer is to connect and to play and to attempt to see clearly and understand. It astounds me regularly that feeling things deeply and writing them down is basically my job description.