Like father like son, like mother like daughter!

There's something to be said about a slightly plump person—you have just enough of too much.

I'm always telling my students go to law school or become a doctor, do something, and then write. First of all you should have something to write about, and you only have something to write about if you do something.

I wouldn't mind being labeled as "angry," if it wasn't used once again to denigrate and belittle.

In my writing I'm trying to explore the violations people commit upon each other.

I loved Charlotte Bronte when I was little, and I wanted to be Charlotte Bronte the way people want to be a princess.

I can write anywhere. I actually wrote more than I ever did when I had small children. My children were never a hindrance.