I think I'm someone who can prattle on a long time about something, which serves me well as a novelist, but it's the enemy when I'm writing short stories.

Female friendship was one-tenth prevention and nine-tenths cleanup.

How strange it was that a dream, once realized, could quickly turn mundane.

I think the posture of confidence can serve you well. I'm not sure what's to be gained by sitting at your computer and beating yourself up.

Novels definitely come more naturally to me. When I write short stories, it's always a fight against it expanding.

If you get discouraged about a section of a novel, that can be more catastrophic than getting discouraged about an individual story.

I, the lone inhabitant of my body and life, am inescapably large to myself, but also ridiculously, inconceivably small.

What do you do when you cannot see any light? Where do you go when you cannot see any path? So I became the wanderer and wandering became my destiny!

To find a happy ending with someone else, first you have to find it alone.

Memories, like everything else, are momentary.

It’s not miracles that generate faith, but faith that generates miracles

In this ocean of hours I'm all the time drinking.

I think, in my life and in my experience, teens have stress, and everybody's stress is unique, and everybody's frame of reference is different

If you want to be liked, get a dog. The people you work with are not your friends.

Lithium is like a beautiful lady, very much sought and pursued, especially in Bolivia. There is data indicating Bolivia has the largest reserves of lithium in the world.

Human rights are not a privilege conferred by government. They are every human being's entitlement by virtue of his humanity.

Through the Goddess, we can discover our strength, enlighten our minds, own our bodies, and celebrate our emotions.