I'd love to be able to write crazy epic plots. I'm working on it.

I love reading books that you can't put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend.

I've been told by people who write historical novels that you just sort of write the emotional truth first, the story at the core, and then you go back and research it at the end.

Most of my writer friends are women, and they're all extremely talented, so of course I think the state of contemporary fiction for women is pretty great. Which is to say there is a ton of amazing work out there. These women are writing hard. There's much to be said. We're on it, chief.

What's the point of having a book club if you don't get to eat brownies and drink wine?

Please make me either relatable or terrible.

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.