And I realized again that real life is different from reel life.
I want to show that the underdog can win. I believe were all the same: you, a slum girl, my mother.
The writer's is an interior world, a world of the mind.
I am the luckiest novelist in the world. I was a first-time novelist who wasn't awash in rejection slips, whose manuscript didn't disappear in slush piles. I have had a wonderful time.
One does not question a miracle.
People don't just want a mindless flick with a superstar; they want to connect more deeply.