I don't see the direct correlation between my personal life and the novel I'm writing until I'm at the end of the novel or very close to it.

I feel that if I establish the world or the premise from the first line, then I can get the reader to come with me where I want her to go.

I could have a lot of fun with Michael Jackson, I'm sure.

I'd say that most of life seems to me to be that way, a mixture of the mundane and the mythic, when you're living the life of the mind.

I don't mind being called a "feminist," as I certainly embrace the tenets of feminism, though it does feel a little sad to me that we need to call a novel "feminist" simply because the female characters are interesting and strong.

As writers, we live very much in our own minds much of the time, buzzing in our unconscious spaces as we go about the business of living in the world.

You're thinking about the continuum of life as you load the washing machine or scoop out the litter box.blue-girl-larger Or maybe that's just me. That seems to be an endlessly challenging and interesting way to live.