I'm such a control freak. I want to control even my own death. Decide when I will die and how.

Agosins poetic language engages the reader in a mesmerizing journey of inward reflection and exile.

People are afraid of falling in love because they don't want to suffer.

I have a very acute sense of place and time, so all of my stories are rooted in a place and a time.

The one that came really easy was the Japanese lover, because he's like a ghost in the book. He's always in the background like a spirit, like a shadow, almost. There's a very delicate line there.

And the truth is that if a writer is successful, you gain readers. It benefits all the writers. It's important for all the writers that as many of us as possible be successful.

I was a lousy journalist. I could never be objective. Sometimes I invented the whole story.