There are so many people who are so much better qualified to write about politics than I am.

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.

I don't know what it is about human beings but most of us really like reading about or observing sexual tension and romance. It's just so much fun. I don't know if there is some Darwinian thing in us that really responds to that, but I think the most memorable scenes to me in books and movies are the ones where a couple is about to kiss.

But I never thought of who he wasn't, I never had to explain or defend him to myself, I didn't even care what we talked about.

I'm not afraid of writing about sensitive subjects, but I want to be careful how I do so and I know not all readers will think I have been, of course.

I'm SO trying to give up meat.

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