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

I'm going to continue writing. I'll always be a storyteller. But I'm also taking time to enjoy my life.

When an older writer tries to tell a younger writer through a review what kind of career she should be pursuing, it tends to speak to the reviewer's anxieties rather than the book itself.

I also believe that if you're really a writer, you'll write, and that nobody could stop you.

Hefty? I'd railed to Peter, waving the clipping for emphasis. Hefty? For the record 'Hefty' is a trash bag. I'm festively plump.

... somehow I couldn't stop. I had turned into someone that I would have pitied in another life; someone who searched for signs, who analyzed patterns, who went over every word in a conversation looking for hidden meanings, secret signals, the subtext that said, Yes, I still love you, of course I still love you.

I love it when people ask who my influences are... or what my favorite part of my last book was... or the last great book I read.