I could EAT YOUR HEART & asshole you'd never know it.

Read widely, and without apology. Read what you want to read, not what someone tells you you should read.

Except that awards are competitive, which is a negative thing, they are wonderful for singling out deserving individuals and bringing their work to the attention of many potential readers who might otherwise have been totally unaware of them.

I believe that any form of art is a species of exploration and transgression. ... Art by its nature is a transgressive act, and artists must accept being punished for it. The more original and unsettling their art, the more devastating the punishment.

Before you can write a novel you have to have a number of ideas that come together. One idea is not enough.

Cherie, keep walking. Shut your eyes. We are headed for the bridge. We are going to cross it.

I have beliefs, of course, like everyone-but I don't always believe in them.