I'm blessed with a great memory. To be honest, a lot of times, being on my own at such a young age, my memories were all I had. I didn't have many pictures.

I've always had an interest in design, and I have always loved creating things.

I think it's sexy when women have shapely bodies.

I do think being a prissy tomboy helps me in raising a son in general. I wrestle with him, play ball, play in the sandbox with him. As a mom, you get bruises, scrapes on your knee.

I live on my own, happily, and I've never wanted children, but it did occur to me one day that there's part of me in 'Torak' - he's a loner, I'm a loner - as there's part of me in 'Renn,' who's quite waspish. I think, in some senses, 'Torak' is the son I never had.

When I make a book, I make it for the child and not for the parent - no jokes in it for the parents!

My mother taught children to love to dance.

I am a completely different person off the field, and my friends and family can vouch for that.