The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.

The older a woman gets, the more invisible you become.

Fame is really great in a lot of ways, you know? People are a lot nicer to you. Like, the more famous you are, the more free presents you get. And invitations to really amazing things.

Whether I'm critically well received, whether or not I sell books - of course it becomes progressively harder to get them published - nevertheless, it's what I do, every day.

Brownstein's is a fresh and jaunty voice, with a jazz snap all his own.

The novel is never really in the first draft. The novel really happens in the revisions.

With publicity comes humiliation.