I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

I don't think it's shameful to admit that some days your time can be better spent reading than writing.

I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself.

In life we're most hell-bent on proving things that we're not really sure are true.

The fact is that in this day and age I don't think any novelist can assume that a book will get attention.

I thought, if I write a book that is not a retelling of Pride and Prejudice, it's not going to mean that I will not get any criticism. I might as well write the book that I want to write.

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.