I'll read anything. In fact, I'll read while I'm doing other things, which is not a good idea.

Sometimes when someone says something stupid, my friends and I just read the reviews out loud and collapse with laughter at the stupidity of it all.

What distinguished my life from my brother's is that my mother didn't like me. When I became a woman, I seemed to repel her.

Another thing I like to say to my students is this: "How many Corinthians read Paul's letters?" The answer is none. They couldn't have cared less! There aren't even any Corinthians left, but Paul's letters persist. Paul was not a professional writer. He was called to something, and he sent his letters. That's a good way to look at it. That you might be making something that nobody cares about, but you have to do it. It's not that people should care, but that you should care.

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

I'm sometimes afraid I'll cross a line and it'll be difficult to come back, say, to dinner.

I read about writers who have routines. They write at certain times of the day. I can't do that. I am always writing-but in my head.