I think women who are very creative and giving members of society can be respected and accepted.

I think women who are very creative and giving members of society can be respected and accepted.

Dani said this woman, with whom she’d lived for two years, had never known her. “I feel like people accept the first thing I show them,” she said, “and that’s all I ever am to them.

I think politics are a part of life, so I have no resistance to it, but it's not something I set out to do.

Somebody once said to me if you want to be understood, don't write fiction.

I think the closest thing I can come to defining what that vital thing is for me - is that there's a sort of soul-quality in writing, if it's any good. It has a spirit or an energy to it that is very integral to who the writer is on a deep level. It's almost a cellular thing. It takes place in the cells of the writing, and it is what makes it alive or not.

I think a woman who commits adultery, is not sympathetic in our culture - or in many cultures, let's face it.