I learned why 'out riding alone' is an oxymoron: An equestrian is never alone, is always sensing the other being, the mysterious but also understandable living being that is the horse.

Ignorance and bloodlust have a long tradition in the United States, especially in the red states.

Fascination with horses predated every other single thing I knew. Before I was a mother, before I was a writer, before I knew the facts of life, before I was a schoolgirl, before I learned to read, I wanted a horse.

The thing about Republicans is that they don't care so much about respect, but they love fear, at least in others.

When a novel has 200,000 words, then it is possible for the reader to experience 200,000 delights, and to turn back to the first page of the book and experience them all over again, perhaps more intensely.

Because your goal is a complete rough draft of a novel, and every rough draft, by being complete, is perfect.

The fundamental condition of childhood is powerlessness.