In some ways I think it would be very dignified if I went away for twenty years and then wrote my fourth book.

Ironically, writing a novel is not a way to sort out your confusion.

I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of a character in a book that's by someone else.

When I was writing my first two books I was also freelancing and teaching and doing other odd jobs.

When you are a high school girl, there is nothing more miraculous than a high school boy.

People who think my books are autobiographical, which they're not, credit me with having a much better memory than I do. I do, however, have a powerful imagination

Anyone who's really interested in anything spends time alone.