I wanted to eat her pain, take it into me and make it my own.

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

Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature.

The love between humans is the thing that nails us to the earth.

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.

Praise and criticism seem to me to operate exactly on the same level. If you get a great review, it's really thrilling for about ten minutes. If you get a bad review, it's really crushing for ten minutes. Either way, you go on.

I'm very comfortable writing.