I was just about to begin writing Mirror Mirror, within about a week of it, when September 11, 2001 happened. I found myself incapable of caring about fiction-making for a number of months.

The sweet accident of coincidence is the best foundation on which to build.

One plus one equals both.

That's what misbehavior is all about, just a little extra loving being asked for.

It's unbecoming," she agreed. "A perfect word for my new life. Unbecoming. I who have always been unbecoming am becoming un.

... the decades looked on and didn't notice her passing. They stared from their fixed mounts across at each other and didn't see revolution striding between them, on her way to destiny.

She dreamed of leaving, but she had too little exposure to the world to imagine where to go.