A person who deserves my loyalty receives it.
The silence was part of the story I wanted to tell.
The portrait of my parents is a complicated one, but lovingly drawn.
If I told you about all the stories I don't tell, I would be violating the very boundaries I set for myself.
I think of myself as a realistic writer, not a creator of soap opera or melodrama.
[On home births:] In a house where there had been three people, there were now four, although no one had come in the door.