The first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

Love is music, and sex is only the instrument.

You only have what you give. It’s by spending yourself that you become rich.

For women, the best aphrodisiacs are words. The G-spot is in the ears. He who looks for it below there is wasting his time.

People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This is a very patient and meticulous work, and you have to do it with joy and love for the process, not for the outcome.

When I write fiction, I never try to deliver a message; I just want to tell a story. But I admit that I want the story to be memorable and the characters to touch the reader's heart.

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them.