"I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since."

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"I started writing seriously when I was 18, wrote my first novel when I was 22, and I've never stopped writing since."

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"I'm not sure Kinsey has changed in these first twelve books. I think the reader learns more about her, but from Kinsey's perspective, only three years have passed while the rest of us have been getting older at a much faster clip."

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"I focus on the writing and let the rest of the process take care of itself. I've learned to trust my own instincts and I've also learned to take risks."

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"I've never written about my husband, Steve, or any of my children because I know them all too well. I see them in all their complexities which makes them impossible to render on the printed page."

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"The truth is, I could no more dictate her nature than she could dictate mine. Kinsey's happy as she is and she doesn't need to be rescued, improved, or saved."

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"Ideas are easy. It's the execution of ideas that really separates the sheep from the goats."

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"Having reached the halfway mark in the alphabet, my prime focus is on writing each new book as well as I can."

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