Writing novels is an essentially amateur activity.

I'm a natural novelist. I'm interested in the person and the group, and how they mesh. And one of the ways I don't want them to mesh is for the person to be subsumed into the group.

Love is a general emotion. Marriage is exactingly specific.

With preference came point of view; with point of view, personality; with personality, uniqueness; with uniqueness, grief.

I thought I might write mysteries for the rest of my life.

A love story, at least a convincing one, requires three elements - the lover, the beloved, and the adventures they have together.

I love to write about sex. You just have to make it idiosyncratic. You have to have a strong comprehension of your characters, and write it from their point of view. It's really fun. It's not erotic.