We're always inventing, even if we're making someone who's fairly close to ourselves.

It's hard to say which of us is luckier, the ones who go through long periods when they can't write or the ones who can write pretty easily.

There's the belief that we can't be smart enough to write. And certainly censorship of women, too.

I think a day in your life on which nothing bad happens may be a wonderful day, but it probably isn't going to be the basis of a story.

There are so many different ways, most of them helpful and legal, to get yourself into a state of mind where writing is possible. It's going to be different for each person.

Sometimes I write well when I'm very upset.

We're always inventing, even if we're making someone who's fairly close to ourselves.