The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

Gail had a baby named Ned who was four months old, and a new look of baffled hurt, a left-behind sadness, like she saw that the great world kept spinning onward and away while she'd overnight become glued to her spot.

The heart makes dreams seem like ideas.

I didn't really expect to be coming to the Oscars.

I had been born shoved to the margins of the world, sure, but I had volunteered for the pits.

The opening novel of the 'Bayou Trilogy' was the first one I finished.

I always loved the verve and vivacity of pulp and I kind of merged it with my own interest in family stories.