I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male characters and male authors

There are a lot of things in the world that are a lot weirder than psychic abilities, that we accept as true.

If I'm at somebody's house and they have magazines on the table and people are chatting, I feel almost a physical urge to start reading the magazines instead of talking to people.

At that time in my life, no conclusion was a bad conclusion. Something ended, and you stopped wishing and worrying. You could consider your mistakes, and you might be embarrassed by them, but the box was sealed, the door was shut, you were no longer immersed in the confusing middle.

What greater happiness is there than the privilege of being bored together?

It's different to read a book for pleasure than to read it analytically. In the past, I'd read Pride and Prejudice for pleasure. This time, I was really looking at the structure, the order of events, how the characters interact with each other and how the book is paced.

We have to make mistakes, its how we learn compassion for others