I think every work of art is an act of faith, or we wouldn't bother to do it. It is a message in a bottle, a shout in the dark. It's saying, 'I'm here and I believe that you are somewhere and that you will answer if necessary across time, not necessarily in my lifetime.'

the power of a text is not time-bound. The words go on doing their work.

Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens.

Poetry is easier to learn than prose. Once you have learned it you can use it as a light and a laser. It shows up your true situation and it helps you cut through it.

Language always betrays us, tells the truth when we want to lie, and dissolves into formlessness when we would most like to be precise.

Happy ending are only a pause. There are three kinds of big endings: Revenge. Tragedy. Forgiveness. Revenge and Tragedy often happen together. Forgiveness redeems the past. Forgiveness unblocks the future.

Quoting her mother: The trouble with a book is you never know what's in it until it's too late!