“To tell a love story true, a romance writer must bare hearts, souls and bodies.”

“Good stories bare the heart and soul of human beings.”

“Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories.”

“I don't write 'romance' stories, but character love stories, like the short story fiction published at Romantic4Ever.com and at WeddingNight.com, with romance of the heart and of adventure, in its many, many human varieties, as seen through the eyes and hearts and bodies of realist characters; whether about military special forces regiments, mail order brides in the outback, class-crossed samurai lovers, wealthy Victorian 'minorities,' or luscious vampires of another color.”

“When a writer writes, it's as if she holds the sides of her chest apart, exposes her beating heart. And even though everything wants to heal, to close over and protect the heart, the writer must keep it bare, exposed.”

“ A true writer should be able to write about any color. It's the story they tell that should affect people, not the race.”