We have all this courage as writers, but then there's this fear.

My feminism is humanism, with the weakest being those who I represent, and that includes many beings and life forms, including some men.

The border between the dead and the living, if you're Mexican, doesn't exist. The dead are part of your life. Like my dad, who's not here, but he's here.That's why there's the Day of the Dead. There's such a connection with the dead.

I think my family and closest friends are learning about my need to withdraw, and I am learning how to restore and store my energy to both serve the community to the best of my ability and to serve my writer's heart.

I always have to have sweet and salty. I know some of you are going to say, "Oh, I tried dates. I hate them." That's probably because you had the ones that were on the shelf for three years. Go to some healthy place and get the fresh ones, and you will just love them. You'll start eating them and think they're so good.

San Antonio drives me crazy, but Chicago drives me crazy in a different way.

The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other peoples eyes. All good books do this.