Sight is subjective. We learned that in class.

I wouldn't mind my book being called an African novel if it didn't invite lazy readings.

As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do.

I've written fiction for as long as I can remember; it's always been my preferred form of play.

I write essays to clear my mind. I write fiction to open my heart.

The thing that comes most frequently to me on yoga retreats is excruciating pain in my hips.

I wrote fiction during my entire childhood, from age 4 to 18, and started writing plays when I went to Yale and Oxford.