I do like Twitter. Writing is a solitary pursuit, and it can get lonely. I like to go into Twitter for a short period of time, communicate with clever friends, and then switch it off. That's perfect for me.

It's wonderful that nothing you write is ever going to be as beautiful as what's in your head, because that gap is where the art can enter and begin to stretch its limbs.

I've always relied on producing more material than I need. With each of my published novels I've written around four times the amount of material that's ended up in the book.

I'm a writer, not an actor. I want to write rather than perform. I'm looking forward to disappearing for a while.

I want to be identified as a writer, not a Southern writer, not a woman writer, not a woman from this or that place, but unfortunately it doesn't always happen.

Freedom or community, community or freedom. One must decide the way one wants to live. I chose community.

Amor animi arbitrio sumitu, non ponitur; we choose to love; we do not choose to cease loving.