The greatest calling of all is to have a literary life.

I wonder if there was anything I would have done differently. I hope I would have done everything differently, except I know everything would have turned out the same. That's the meaning of fate.

Anyone who says that women do not have influence in men's decisions makes a vast and stupid mistake.

I write a thousand words a day.

In every message she spoke of birds, of flight, of the world away. Even back then, she flew against what was presented to her. I wanted to cling to her wings and soar, no matter how intimidated I was.

Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river.

When you don’t have much, having less isn’t so bad.