Barbara Delinsky

Parents do bear some of the responsibility if they don't talk to their kids, are never around, even deny their kids the love that young girls often crave when they decide to have a baby.

Each of my books is different from the last, each with its own characters, its own setting, its own themes. As a writer, I need the variety. I sense my readers do, too.

I'm not convinced that abstinence-only education works.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.