I wish you good writing and good luck. Even if you've already done the good writing, you'll still need the good luck. It's a shark-filled lagoon out there. Cross your fingers and watch your back.

Publishers are in business to make money, and if your books do well they don't care if you are male, female, or an elephant.

Perhaps its not the world that is soundless but we who are deaf.

Powerlessness and silence go together.

I think the book you always like best is the one you're about to write.

Forgiving men is so much easier than forgiving women.

Our generation in the west was lucky: we had readymade gateways. We had books, paper, teachers, schools and libraries. But many in the world lack these luxuries. How do you practice without such tryout venues?