Nobody thinks that there were never mechanical horses in the world. Everybody knows that there aren't really golems.

Teaching and writing, really, they support and nourish each other, and they foster good thinking. Because when you show up in the classroom, you may have on the mantle of authority, but in fact, you're just a writer helping other writers think through their problems. Your experience with the problems you've tried to solve comes into play in how you try to teach them to solve their problems.

As I continue to teach, I have more to offer my students, and as I continue to teach, I have more to learn from my students. I do know some writers who feel very drained when they leave the classroom, and for me this would be a sign that maybe it's time to take a break or refocus because I always leave the classroom even more excited than I was when I walked in.

A lot of people have come up after Brookland and asked, "What happens to her at the end of the novel?" and I will very politely say, well, here are the two possibilities.

A good book is a good book, and there are a lot of different ways to approach writing or reading one.

If I don't write every day for one week or even, frankly, one year, I don't really think too much about that.

Nobody thinks that there were never mechanical horses in the world. Everybody knows that there aren't really golems.