Most people know that Ray Bradbury is one of my favorite authors.

Young people believe that regret is something you will never feel if you simply do as you please, but sometimes it is a matter of degree.

Some things you cannot wish away or think away. They become part of you when you remember them.

[Fairy tales] are like a journey to the woods and the many ways you can get lost. Some people say it's not a good idea to read fairy tales to anyone under the age of eight because they are brutal and raw. When I was a kid I often felt that kids's books were speaking down to me, but I never felt that way about fairy tales. They are bloody and scary, but so is life.

I think love is a huge factor in fiction and in real life. Is there a risk? Always. In fiction and in life

It's not the lie that's the problem; it's the distance the lie forges between you.

They were written on cheap blue notebooks bought by poor women. I'm interested in folk tales in the way that medicine and magic in women's stories are all kind of combined.