Historical tends to be my bailiwick.

People forget that old women were young once, but d'you think we old women forget? In my heart, I'm still thirty.

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

I simply couldn't walk away from [ The Nightingale].

Logic only tells us what's there; it can't really address what isn't. Even the most devoted empiricist must admit that we have no hope of understanding the universe. Some things are unknowable.

[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole world about Roland left to know. I've got questions. He'd have answers. So pour him a glass of wine.

I love the idea of ordinary women making extraordinary sacrifices.