Don't shame the young for releasing their pent-up fear.

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

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.

I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.

Beauty, you can find it here if you look hard enough.

Love is selfless, it is a weakness, a giving in, a constant falling.

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