One of the reasons I write in different genres is that I get to have the feeling - even fleetingly - that I'm not just writing like Baggott again. I can escape myself.

Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style.

Some of the best work done to combat the Republicans has been wit and humor.

I believe we're brutes, but then, miraculously, there are those among us who stand up against that brutishness and remind us of the goodness we're capable of.

The fact is there are many women who nod politely, even agree openly within their male-dominated often highly educated cultures, but vote their own minds.

Try to think of writing as a gift - more complexly put: it is the curse and the cure.

Writing stories is the habit of lying put to good use.