Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened.

Great books are the ones that are urgent, life-changing, the ones that crack open the reader’s skull and heart.

I will turn human anatomy into roses and stars and sea. I will dissect the beloveds body in metaphor.

Reading is a private pursuit; one that takes place behind closed doors.

It is fascinating to me that when the lists of the great writers are trotted out year after year, you often find lists without a single woman mentioned.

Being a mother is complicated because its not just a paternal culture making demands on you; its those internal demands and expectations that women have and are self-generated.

Human beings are repetitive animals. All meaning is generated through repetition.