I'm not a big Woody Allen fan, but thought 'Husbands and Wives' was great.

It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.

I can't listen to music when I'm writing. I like music best in a car or on the train.

I think that the practice of writing every day was what made me remember that writing doesn't have anything to do with publishing books. It can be totally separate and private - a comforting thought.

I've always been a little bit more of a novel reader than a short story reader. I think the first books that made me want to be a writer were novels.

In America you make your plans and then they happen.

Most good fiction also has a character the writer seems to know more deeply than anyone can actually be known in life, but a few unusual writers can make something great without that.

I think, in general, it's better not to respond to reviews of your work.

I like it when someone gives me a new book of poetry by a poet I haven't read.

Research for fiction is a funny thing: you go looking for one piece of information, and find something altogether different.

Alice Munro is a particular kind of short story writer in that she writes long, character-driven short stories.

There are no crash courses on ‘enlightenment’, you only crash in a course like that!!!!

A woman's sense of self and power should come not from the number of heads she can turn, but rather from the minds and hearts she can turn.

Let the base louder...!?

Roaring is never a voice for indoors. Roaring sounds better when done outdoors!

And the reason I'm telling you all this is that I want you to know no one in my life has ever made me feel worse about myself than you.

A Trade Mark is a company’s persona and identity in the marketplace

You can't be funny if you don't have good material.

Above all, never lose faith in your Father in Heaven, who loves you more than you can comprehend.

I'm feeling pretty good. A lot of people don't know this, but I am not currently in prison, which feels great.

You can’t always control circumstances. However, you can always control your attitude, approach, and response.