My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are.

The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn't anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote.

The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.

Sometimes not having any idea where we’re going works out better than we could possibly have imagined.

My novels are very much the same, as I think many people's novels are. No matter how hard I try to do otherwise, the books always wind up being "a group of strangers are thrown together by circumstance and form a society."

People gave me such a bad time about wanting a baby. I didn't want a baby, and I still don't. I wanted a dog.

I think, if you want to grow a novelist, for that person to have a lot of boring time trying to entertain themselves is very important.