Love says, mine. Love says, I could eat you up. Love says, stay as you are, be my own private thing, don't you dare have ideas I don't share. Love has just got to gobble the other, bones and all, crunch. I don't want to do that. I sure don't want it done to me!

Suspense is one of the ways you persuade a reader to become engaged and stay engaged with your work.

When midlist writers are treated like dirt, I would desist were I less stubborn and less committed.

I never thought of myself as explaining cats in general. I simply viewed the cats I have known as characters in my life, often as quirky and complex as the humans with whom I have spent time.

Every artist creates with open eyes what she sees in her dream.

I think we validate our lives through our actions.

The ruling class isn't dissatisfied: they are healthy, well-fed, live in beauty, enjoy their own importance: fun-loving cannibals.