One must not be shy where language is concerned.

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.

It was all in my head and now all I had to do was figure out a way to get it down on paper.

I'm very comfortable writing.

I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list.

Love was action. It came to you. It was not a choice.

Just because things hadn't gone the way I had planned didn't necessarily mean they had gone wrong.