Autobiography is not important. Authenticity is important. The writer must fire herself through the text, be the molten stuff that welds together disparate elements. I believe there is always exposure, vulnerability, in the writing process, which is not to say it is either confessional or memoir. Simply, it is real.

My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected.

unhappy families are conspiracies of silence. The one who breaks the silence is never forgiven.

Organized religion is a very bad way of passing on spiritual values because it becomes so corrupted with political and repressive agendas which don't help anybody to develop their spirituality.

But not all dark places need light, I have to remember that.

I think people deceive themselves about themselves, particularly as they get older.

I have no idea what happens next.