fiction is the great lie that tells the truth

I think I would have died if there hadn't been the women's movement. It gave me a vision that I could do something different, and it gave me an understanding that I wasn't a monster, or sport, or a betrayer of my family.

People don't do right because of the fear of God or love of him. You do right because the world doesn't make sense if you don't.

Fiction is a piece of truth that turns lies to meaning.

And while it is true that I got the best woman in the world, I don't think love saves you.

Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially for girls because it's the one place where you can do the forbidden.

When I was growing up, I always read horror books, while my sister read romance novels.