Literature has done great work for feminism - writing and reading are a practice of empathy - and great literature will continue to do so.

Being cross-genre, you can encounter an image and decide not only how to best express it but what form would express it best.

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

It's not that I bounce ideas off of my children as much as it is that having children has had a profound effect on the way I see the world. They have mined my soul. They've made me a better person and therefore a more empathetic writer.

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

Sometimes you meet someone and you know that your life will be different from then on.

When you're in the world looking for only one thing, you find it or it finds you. The obsession can be mutual