What happens to each of my female heroes, certainly, is they find something bigger than themselves that they are honored to serve. It's not giving up your family.

I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.

With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.

I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.

Looking at my family today, I think, 'I could not have done any better.' That's one thing I have got right.

In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.

In certain environments young adults can't choose their lives because of family pressure. In the bourgeoisie there is still a sense you will marry within that milieu.

I have very supportive parents who said, 'Go and do what you want to do. Home is always here for you, and if you don't like it out there, come back. You can always do something different.' So when you have an option like that, you are able to choose roles or choose the things you want to be in.