There ain't no point in making soup unless others eat it. Soup needs another mouth to taste it, another heart to be warmed by it.

I read whatever the publisher sends me.

I've been recognized in airports lots of places, but mostly getting recognized is at home.

One, we [with Alison McGhee] laugh a lot - that was great. Two, I enjoy writing, but it's a lonely undertaking. To have someone in the room with me is an absolute delight and makes it seem less impossible. It became a kind of comforting, joyful process.

Open your heart. Someone will come. Someone will come for you. But first you must open your heart. (Old Doll)

When it is my editor telling me how to rewrite a story, I listen and do what she asks because I have learned that I get a better book in the end. I can't say I'm happy when I read that editorial letter. It is always a little painful and scary. But I have learned that - bit by bit - I can make the changes and do the work.

I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.