I've had people say very dismissive things about my books, but I also feel like I probably have more readers because I'm a woman. I mean, more readers are women and more people who buy books are women, so I don't feel like it's a total disadvantage to be a female writer.

It is not a camera, or a reporter that makes something real and genuine; more often a camera or a reporter does the opposite.

Foolish names and foolish faces often appear in public places.

I actually liked the disolation of winter; it was the season when it was okay to be unhappy. If I were to ever kill myself, I thought it would be in the summer.

I guess because twins have this mystique, and triplets - I think the normal sibling connection potentially can be very powerful, and there's this idea that it's even more powerful. It really is, not just someone like me, but another version of me.

I just like to inhabit a character really deeply.

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.