I am not alone in bearing grudges against reviewers who have doomed a book's chances because they've missed the point, the tone, everything.

People forget years and remember moments.

What will happen can't be stopped. Aim for Grace.

Falling in Place was meant to be very much rooted in a place and time, and music was a part of that.

I like a lot of Margaret Atwood, I like much of Alice Munro. Again, if you were to ask me about male writers, there's often a novel I admire, but not all of their works.

the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children.

I think I write about things that are mysterious to me.