If you're feminist, it means that you've noticed that male ownership of the direction of female lives has been the order of the day for a few thousand years, and it isn't natural.

I didn't write any fiction until I was past thirty.

Hindsight, usually looked down upon, is probably as valuable as foresight, since it does include a few facts.

The wrong word is like a lie jammed inside the story.

If you want to do things, do things.

The only recognizable feature of hope is action.

I know I've done good work. I've been very serious about my writing, and I've done the best that I could. But I don't feel that I've done more than I should have. In fact, I've done less than I should have.