And I am interested in the fact that class is very much a factor in America, even though it's not supposed to be.

I'm too shy for personal appearances, and I've found out that anytime I talk about my writing, I can't do any writing for many weeks afterward.

There is no sound more peaceful than rain on the roof, if you're safe asleep in someone else's house.

Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person.

None of my own experiences ever finds its way into my work. However, the stages of my life - motherhood, middle age, etc. - often influence my subject matter.

I love to think about chance - about how one little overheard word, one pebble in a shoe, can change the universe.

She worded it a bit strongly, but I do find myself more and more struck by the differences between the sexes. To put it another way: All marriages are mixed marriages.