I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

My greatest fear is being somewhere without a book.

Life is made up of circles ... Life is not a straight line ... And sometimes we circle back to a past time. But we are not the same. We are changed forever.

What is perfect? Journey, a thing doesn't have to be perfect to be fine. That goes for a picture. That goes for life....Things can be good enough.

I never work from an outline, and often I dont know how the story will end.

You should know that there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be.

I think its important to remember where I began. I know that when I talk to other writers, say, writers from the South or writers from abroad, its where they begin as children that is important to them.