I write because I want to have more than one life.

There's surprisingly little difference between writing from a male angle and from a female angle, but I feel more restricted in my language when I'm writing as a male character because males tend to sound less emotionally expressive than females.

Just because we're related doesn't mean we are any good at understanding each other.

The one ironclad rule is that I have to try. I have to walk into my writing room and pick up my pen every weekday morning

And she thought what a clean, simple life she would have led if it weren't for love.

I don't type [when I write] because . . . I often have the feeling that everything flows directly from my right hand.

It struck her all at once that dealing with other human beings was an awful lot of work.