You can hurt people's feelings if you laugh.

I think someone who writes a ghost story probably needs to believe it in some way.

There are so many people who write really interesting work and try super hard and still don't get published.

I've heard a lot of editors and agents say, "If the book is good, it will get published." I totally disagree with that.

It's really difficult to know what is the best way forward when you're not getting a lot of support - and probably most writers aren't getting enough support.

I love ghost stories, I love to read them, and I love the idea of being haunted.

Nice girls are not supposed to be hungry. They are not supposed to feed themselves or care about their own food. They're definitely not supposed to take food out of a child's mouth.

It is radical for a woman to choose to survive and to choose to eat anything.

When I was in college, I had a friend who was an artist and her theory was that all the best art in the world is funny/sad. That was her favorite genre. Funny/sad are probably my two favorite tones.

I've always been a teaser, even as a kid.

Don't you think almost anything can be funny? Almost anything.

An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate.

Contentment comes from wanting what we need, not needing what we want.

I fall in love with any girl who smells of library paste.

Missions is not about sending missionaries, and missions is not about doing missions. Missions is about the communication of truth to men.

What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.

Those who would learn must suffer. In our own despair, against our will, wisdom comes to us.

I went from being an ailing child to a public enemy.

... a woman who has been a nun is never anything else.

Dogs really are perfect soldiers. They are brave and smart; they can smell through walls, see in the dark, and eat Army rations without complaint.

I believe that in the long run, separation between Israel and the Palestinians is the best solution for resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.