We have different kinds of intimacy with many, many people. I'm disappointed by well-written novels that only deal with two or three people.

There was no one clear point of loss. It happened over and over again in a thousand small ways and the only truth there was to learn was that there was no getting used to it.

I love a large cast of characters. That's the way life is: it's flooded with people and we keep them all straight.

It's always better to have too much to read than not enough.

One must not be shy where language is concerned.

I am the person who is appropriating stories that are not mine and turning them into a book.

I think people become consumed with selling a book when they need to be consumed with writing it.