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

Every book I write, the media just keeps punching me in the face.

I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I was there to receive it.

As a writer, I don't think it's my responsibility to make a point. I just write and hope there's someone who'll like it.

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

If you want to write about a person who isn't nice, people say, "This is a bad book. It's about somebody I couldn't stand." But that's not the point. You don't have to like a character to like a book. Most of the time, people would misjudge and say, "I didn't like the book." No, you didn't like the character. That doesn't make it any less interesting of a book. In fact, to me, it makes it more interesting.

Most of my life is just spent lying in bed. I mean, it's enough pressure to write the words. Do I need to use the additional energy exerted by sitting up?