I never became a writer for the money. I am a poet first. Even getting published is a miracle for poets.

A baby's mother also needs a mother.

A book burrows into your life in a very profound way because the experience of reading is not passive.

I think the Jews are an amazing group of people and their survival is amazing.

You don't get to choose what you get famous for and you don't get to control which of your life's many struggles gets to stand for you.

At fifty the madwoman in the attic breaks loose, stomps down the stairs, and sets fire to the house. She won't be imprisoned anymore.

I write slowly by hand. Publishing is effectively bankrupt for you unless you are Danielle Steele. It takes a year to write book and advances are going down or disappearing.