There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.

Story is about pulling the reader in and a plot is a more externalized mechanism of revelation. A plot is more antic, more performative, and less intimate. When you're telling a story you're telling it into someone's ear.

One of the reasons I write is I like being surprised

I think it’s very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.

To be able to have the space to sit down and write has always been my central policy.

Description is hard. Remember that all description is an opinion about the world. Find a place to stand.

The only way to write a book, I’m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. That’s how you write a book.