I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.

Divorce isn't such a tragedy. A tragedy's staying in an unhappy marriage, teaching your children the wrong things about love. Nobody ever died of divorce.

I'm not cut out to be a famous person; I can't do my hair and makeup well enough.

Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.

I don't think any writer chooses what his or her work is called.

I'm so glad that social media gives me a chance to do that, to celebrate books I love and help proselytize for books I love.

I grew up with a feminist mom and the understanding that, as someone coming from a position of (relative) privilege, it was my job to speak up when things weren't fair.