I've spent many a day worrying that I will never be able to write again!

Yet [Georgia O'Keeffe ] always stayed true to her vision, and was at times uncompromising in following the path she saw for herself.

I was envious of [Vincent] Van Gogh because I could never make a painting that beautiful! (Ridiculous, I know.) That was when the character of Ivy [Wilkes] began to take shape for me.

The book [The Dissemblers] officially came out two weeks after my thirtieth birthday...am I still young?

[Ivy Wilkes] loves [Georgia] O'Keeffe's work, but is not satisfied by just looking at the paintings; she wants the painting to be her own. The plot grew naturally out of Ivy's personality (and flaws).

From beginning to end, the novel [Dissemblers] took about three and a half years to write. I didn't write it chronologically.

When I finished the book [The Dissemblers], I sent it to one billion agents, and got one billion rejections.