Women are far and away the bigger consumers of fiction than men, but men are still far and away the more reviewed, the more critically esteemed, the more respected. That can get frustrating.

I can carry a tune with a three-note range. Once I'm out of that range, I'm in trouble.

People say I'm not good at writing about men. My dad left when I was 16. Give me a break. I'm doing the best I can.

I think every person who is single should have a dog. I think the government should step in and intervene: If you're not married or coupled up, whether you've been dumped or divorced or widowed or whatever, they should require you to proceed immediately to the pound nearest you and select an animal companion.

I have these "pinch me" moments when I realize I got to be the thing I wanted to be growing up. I'm right where I belong.

My sense is that beautiful women are living in a different world than I am, and that it's a world with benefits but also drawbacks - like, you're on a ticking clock, because the day you stop being supermodel-beautiful is the day that everything the world has to offer you is no longer being offered.

I was lucky to receive help at the beginning of my career and now I want to help other writers as much as I can.