I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male.

I hate to generalize because there are always so many exceptions to any rule.

Anything is possible. A man is what he makes up his mind to be.

That there should be a purpose to suffering, that a person should be chosen for it, special - these are houses of the mind, in which whole peoples have found shelter.

... there is ... a big aspect of play in writing novels, and making the story more and more elaborate is just more and more fun.

I think that there is a bias in the current literary climate, which is not only very Western but very male.

Many women tend toward the interdependent end of things, we tend to see ourselves in relationship to others to a far greater degree than men.