I stand in the mist and cry, thinking of myself standing in the mist and crying, and wondering if I will ever be able to use this experience in a book.

I believe I belong to the last literary generation, the last generation, that is, for whom books are a religion.

I believe that women should live for love, for motherhood and for intellect, and I believe we shouldn't have to choose. And I believe that's always been difficult for women, to express themselves intellectually, maternally, and passionately.

I don't necessarily read everything. I read what I need to read to inspire the book I'm trying to finish.

Exceptional people are often called crazy by the ordinary world.

I don't think that I had any idea that 'Fear of Flying' would become a part of the culture. I had no idea that it would go all over the world and be published in Chinese and Serbo-Croat and so on.

Despite all the cynical things writers have said about writing for money, the truth is we write for love. That is why it is so easy to exploit us.