My husband says I have too much imagination, but I don't think a writer can have too much imagination!

The truth will make you odd.

I have like two dreams a week that I have to write a paper that I'm late with or that I've gone back to high school and have to do that in addition to my current job.

That's my anxiety dream. I go to the library and all the books on my subject are out.

My mother was my greatest fan.

A lot of people worry much too much about what their children are reading... If a child picks up a book and reads something she has a question about, if she can go to her parents, great. Or else they will read right over it. It won't mean a thing. They are very good, I think, at monitoring what makes them feel uncomfortable. If something makes them feel uncomfortable they will put it down.

That's good when you don't know what you're doing. But you're doing it and it's spontaneous and you're not afraid.