I feel like I sort of missed the eighties. At the time, we didn’t know we were having fun, which is probably the way it always is.

I think in a lot of ways, writing, when you're really in there, is like being an actress because you're in somebody else's head.

I felt my whole life was a facsimile of a life.

I don't want my novel to be like Madame Bovary, finely crafted with the life edited out of it. I want my novel to be like a friend telling me a story -- so we go off on thoughts; that's the way it is.

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

Whether you're acting or you're writing, your skin is just basically ripped off and you're putting yourself out there. At least the acting part comes with a bit more social interaction. And you're a bit less isolated because you are working with the director and the crew, and there's a general camaraderie. Writing, you're totally isolated. You're just trying to get the words on paper.

I feel like I sort of missed the eighties. At the time, we didn’t know we were having fun, which is probably the way it always is.