fiction happens in the belly, it doesn't happen in the brain.

Although women do two-thirds of the world's labor, they own less than one percent of the world's assets.

We only appreciate what we have when we lose it.

Writing is a process, a journey into memory and the soul.

He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious.

I don't think of literature as an end in itself. It's just a way of communicating something.

It is absurd to imagine that any child will be able to earn a living, let alone contribute to resolving our world's complex problems, without knowing how to read and write. My foundation supports the National Writing Project so that teachers can be more effective in their efforts to improve literacy for all students.