If an opportunity scares you, that's God's way of saying you should jump at it.

Women writers of all people should know better than to pigeonhole women, put them in little groups, the smart one, the sweet one.

We take our vitamins, we go to exercise class, we put on our seat belts. And then something blindsides us and gives the lie to our carefully constructed facade of safety.

I do tend to be almost kind of Pollyanna-ish person.

I've always had a certain facility with words.

I once wanted to be a personage. Now I am comfortable being a person.

I think a lot of people, but particularly a lot of women, get to this stage when I'd say they're over 50. We face a lot of hard judgment from the world, we women. If you're a full-time mother, you should be out working. If you're out working, your kids must be being overlooked.