"I cannot remember a time when I did not consider myself a writer."

"The books I loved most as a child were those that contained elements of magic—the whole series of Oz books, Mary Popp…"

"The subject matter of today's youth novels has no boundaries. The only taboo seems to be sex discrimination... I can …"

"A movie loosely based upon my novel, I Know What You Did Last Summer, opened in theaters around the country. I was ec…"

"Violence is a fact of life in today’s society and therefore it has its place in books and films, but I strongly belie…"

"The reasons for censorship reflect the social climate of the times. The publisher of Debutante Hill asked me to revis…"

"I started thinking about charismatic psychopaths like Charles Manson and wondering what they were like as teenagers? …"

"Killing Mr. Griffin doesn't encourage violence in schools any more than the story of Cain and Able encourages childre…"

"I was in my forties and teaching magazine writing for the Journalism Department at the University of New Mexico. I wa…"

"It came naturally. I came from a family of strong women."