Class is the most taboo subject in America. The American media would rather talk about race or perversion or anything else considered taboo before class.

What makes us threaten the things we want most?

I'll find something in what I read that snags my imagination in emotional terms; it resonates with me for reasons more complicated than just that it seems like it would make a good story.

I think fiction is all about the exercise of the empathetic imagination. Part of what I do is let the stuff I read about meld with what I have experienced.

Class is the most taboo subject in America. The American media would rather talk about race or perversion or anything else considered taboo before class.

She thought she'd put up with however many years of stonewalling for a good reason, and she'd just figured out that as far as Castle Hubby went, she hadn't even crossed the moat yet.

I'm tempted to do everything. And sometimes I think, "Oh, come on. You can stick that detail somewhere."