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

A novel is written not to be judged, but experienced.

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.

I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you're not writing.

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

Writing is not my problem, it is my solution.

Only bad writers think that their work is really good.