Reading is an act of resistance in a landscape of distraction.

We possess books we read, animating the waiting stillness of their language, but they possess us also, filling us with thoughts and observations, asking us to make them part of ourselves.

A woman's life can really be a succession of lives, each revolving around some emotionally compelling situation or challenge, and each marked off by some intense experience.

To possess something and not know its value is torturous.

Mine’s Bond – James Bond.

My father was a prosperous hatter-farmer - making hats for the local markets during the winter months, tilling his little ten-acre farm during the summer time.

Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all the seclusion that one needs.

When angry, count to a hundred.

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

If you're comfortable with yourself-which everyone can get to, to some extent-that's when you start getting into who is your real self.

I'm pretty open to all music. Its pretty funny because I've spent time in Germany and now I'm in Dallas where Country is a big thing. I used to hate it but now I can actually go through a song.

One of the things I think is important about 'Watchmen' is that it have resonance within cinematic pop culture as well as superhero culture.