The only truth was whatever you could make someone believe.

Thematically, we're both [with Kristin Hannah ] interested in women's experiences and women's stories, and until now, you've mostly dealt with how it feels to be a wife/mother/sister/name your poison in today's world. But this story [The Nightingale ] is told from the perspective of two sisters during the German occupation of France in WWII.

I absolute adore epic journeys that require a protagonist to fight for every victory in the hopes of finding triumph.

Coming up with the idea is the worst part of writing for me.

All life's a risk, that's what makes it interesting.

The answers are what they are. Just because you don't like them doesn't mean they aren't true.

My next guest [ for party with five favorite fictional characters] would be Scarlett from Gone With The Wind. I mean, come on, I have to know if she ever got Rhett back.