I have a terrible memory.

I am the only one who can tell the story of my life and say what it means.

I can't write what I don't believe in.

I have wanted everything as a writer and a woman, but most of all a world changed utterly by my revelations.

I claimed myself and remade my life.

I'll tell you the secret. When you begin with a character, you want to begin by creating a villain.

I tell my students you have an absolute right to write about people you know and love. You do. But the kicker is you have a responsibility to make the characters large enough that you will not have sinned against them.