There is this assumption that much of what I write is about my life, and that simply is not true.

Men generally do not see women as competition.

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

A book is a collaboration between the one who reads and what is read and, at its best, that coming together is a love story like any other.

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.

The fictive is an emormous territory it turns out, its boundaries vague, and there is little certainty about where it begins and ends.

No matter how brilliant or accomplished they are, there is something emasculating for men in being pitted against a woman. It is even more true in creative fields already considered to be "squishy" and feminine, and it's a big problem because great women have been left off the record.