I never really knew I wanted to 'be' a writer, but I was always writing from a very young age. It became more conscious as an ideal when I was in my twenties.

The - the sort of thing that I want to do is to strike a resonant chord of universality in other people, which is best done by fiction.

Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn't have the personality of a politician. We don't see the world that simply.

Near the point of impact, time acelerates to the speed of light.

The best revenge is living well without you.

If my favorite, most comfortable place is by our fireplace in cold weather, expedient places are on an airplane, in a waiting room or even waiting in line; frequently these days, while on the phone having been 'put on hold.'

The relationship between parents and children, but especially between mothers and daughters, is tremendously powerful, scarcely to be comprehended in any rational way.