I always looked upon the acts of racist exclusion, or insult, as pitiable, from the other person. I never absorbed that. I always thought that there was something deficient about such people.

I have the wonderful pleasure of finishing the book and closing it. And I don't read them later.

Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.

Sometimes what I write on the page frightens me, so I feel free when I write, but I don't feel safe.

I have a lot of respect for readers because I'm a reader. That's how I got into writing.

What do you say? There really are no words for that. There really aren't. Somebody tries to say, 'I'm sorry, I'm so sorry.' People say that to me. There's no language for it. Sorry doesn't do it. I think you should just hug people and mop their floor or something.

If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down.