I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.

Change itself is what fascinates me. I am drawn, as a moth to the flame, by edge situations, by situations of metamorphosis.

I find it satisfying and intellectually stimulating to work with the intensity, brevity, balance and word play of the short story.

If you get the landscape right, the characters will step out of it, and they'll be in the right place.

... there are four women in every man’s heart. The Maid in the Meadow, the Demon Lover, the Stouthearted Woman, the Tall and Quiet Woman.

And I think that's important, to know how the water's gone over the dam before you start to describe it. It helps to have been over the dam yourself.