The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.

Womens currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman.

Pregnancy is difficult for women but it is even more difficult for men.

All writers have strengths and weaknesses. I am terrified of being boring, so I write short, compressed stories that sometimes don't give a reader time to think about what they have read. I struggle to slow down.

Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

Whenever there was a crisis, I found a man to help me take the edge off the feelings of helplessness and pain.

If a woman is surrounded by lovers or if a woman has a lot of guys asking her out, that's considered wonderful. As a woman who's slept with a lot of men, I've always been complimented on my ability to attract men.