You know, the point of a novel - or to me, the point of a novel, the gift of a novel is to go really deeply inside people's lives and inside their personal experiences.

There's a lot that's not explained about the universe. And psychic-ness is not stranger than that.

I don't think that I would ever, while writing, think to myself, "I need a little more psychological realism."

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

I think that there's some confusion in my own mind about what I believe.

Personally, I have never wished I were a male novelist.

Of course, I didn't imagine then that I could have had a real relationship with any guy. I thought that by virtue of being me I was disqualified.