It is radical for a woman to choose to survive and to choose to eat anything.

Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry. They are not supposed to feed themselves or care about their own food. They're definitely not supposed to take food out of a child's mouth.

No one really wants to be laughed at.

I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.

My natural tendency is to fall in love with language and character and setting, and kind of forget about pacing. Narrative tension doesn't come naturally to me, and if it does feel fast-paced that makes me incredibly happy.

The "we" voice is rare, and the communal impulse of the "we" is interesting to me.

I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted.