The undoing is almost always more difficult than the doing.

Everything I write comes from my childhood in one way or another. I am forever drawing on the sense of mystery and wonder and possibility that pervaded that time of my life.

You don't realize what you're going to get, and you can't prepare yourself for it.

As far as books getting turned into movies, I fared very, very well.

Most of my books begin with an image or a voice - one small thing - and I don't know what it is going to become.

We [me and Alison McGhee] probably wouldn't have said that when we were writing the stories, but it is so apparent to me in the finished product. For me, looking at Bink, it's like looking at myself on the page in a way that I've never experienced with any other book that I've written.

You must be filled with expectancy. You must be awash in hope. You must wonder who will love you, whom you will love next.