I didn't have a choice growing up but to be more insecure because others had more.

Coming from where I came from, it was unimaginable to ever be wealthy. That was just too far out of my reach.

I certainly could've gone off track many, many times in my youth.

In a way, we women take on more than we need to sometimes.

It is very creditable when a woman gets into politics. She does this at the expense of responsibilities toward her home and family and should be lauded for this.

I have an opportunity to be in the N.B.A. and play the game that I love the most and be able to take care of my family and myself.

I think of myself as a fairly logical, scientific and somewhat reserved person. Maura Isles, the Boston medical examiner who appears in five of my books, is me. Almost everything I use in describing her, from her taste in wine to her biographical data, is taken from my own family. Except I don't have a serial killer as a mother!

We stand for getting government out of the way, letting people make good decisions for themselves, in education, returning power to school boards and to teachers and to parents so they can educate the children.