I think even with women who come across with a tough exterior, the interior is the same. I think you'll find this with women around the word: some women, because of their circumstances, are forced to be tougher, forced to cultivate tougher exteriors.

Nothing is easy in writing. I don't think for anyone. But dialogue is probably what comes most naturally to me.

I think every book is a reaction to everything you're written before, and most immediately to the book you wrote just before.

We are taught that we can be better than we are. But is there a limit to how good we can be?

I think even with women who come across with a tough exterior, the interior is the same. I think you'll find this with women around the word: some women, because of their circumstances, are forced to be tougher, forced to cultivate tougher exteriors.

People everywhere feel differently at different times of their lives.

There are different types of readers. People draw lines at which three things intersect: the character, the author, and the reader.