I myself have 12 hats and each one represents a different personality. Why just be yourself.

I am rather saddened at the end of a book. I think most writers find this. It's like a friend departing on a voyage.

Ordinary, said Aunt Lydia, is what you are used to. This may not seem ordinary to you now, but after a time it will. It will become ordinary.

You think I'm not a goddess? Try me. This is a torch song. Touch me and you'll burn.

I suppose these deadlines we set for ourselves are really a way of saying we appreciate time, and want to use all of it.

There is something reassuring about the toilets. Bodily functions at least remain democratic. Everybody shits.

If you're a woman writer, sometime, somewhere, you will be asked: Do you think of yourself as a writer first, or as a woman first? Look out. Whoever asks this hates and fears both writing and women.