Perhaps it is possible to discover more in silence than in speech. Or perhaps it is only that those who are silent among us learn to listen. - Alice Hoffman

Witches are outsiders, and those among us who have been bullied and ostracized can relate to their plight. Part of our fascination with witches is that they are the only female mythic figures with power. These are women who don't need to be rescued by a prince or a king but, instead, can save

For me—and I think for most writers—you're a reader first and then it just happens. You so love it that you want to be part of it, and you start writing.

I've always tried to go directly from sleep to the computer, before I have the time to start censoring myself. I like to get up at 5:00. I do my best work early in the morning before the world's awake. For the kind of fiction I write, which is emotional fiction, you have to let go. Let the walls down, the defenses down. Don't worry about what people are going to think.