Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we do learn from each other, and we remind ourselves how important this work we're doing is.

Writing a story, you understand, is not done by consensus. But we do learn from each other, and we remind ourselves how important this work we're doing is.

At the heart of all good fiction and at the heart of all good gossip is the same thing: trouble.

A pure love is a selfless love, but can desire ever be selfless?

I revise like crazy. I start revising before the pen hits the paper.

Love is always a surprise and you never get it right.

We all sleep with the corpses of our dead lovers.