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

Correlation is not cause, it is just a 'music of chance'.

Writing fiction is like remembering what never happened.

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

Men generally do not see women as competition.

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

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.