And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me.

When anybody says, 'Why me?' Why is 'me' exempt?

I don't categorize myself as an 85-year-old woman who has written an erotic novel. I categorize myself as a writer who's written an erotic novel.

You must always have great, secret, big fat hopes for yourself in love and in life. The bigger, the better.

A home is very, very important to me. But I do change things around a lot.

I don't think age has anything to do with what you write about.

And it came to me, and I knew what I had to have before my soul would rest. I wanted to belong - to belong to my mother. And in return - I wanted my mother to belong to me.