All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works.

You’re a loner in body, mind, and soul. A writer who spends a day of solitude in the office is plagued by a mind that travels with the body. The work never stops.

Every author, however modest, keeps a most outrageous vanity chained like a madman in the padded cell of his breast.

I refuse to give up when things go wrong because there is always a sliver lining behind the cloud.

Writing is a 24/7 job. You live it, eat it, breathe it... the pay can be pretty lousy, but you do it happily, because you love it!!! That, and from the day you started writing the voices in your head became a permanent fixture :) ... oh, missed one out - You sleep it!

For years I dreamed of having the sort of massive oak slab that would dominate a room...

Novel writing is mostly triage (this now, that later) and obstinacy. Trying something, and when that doesn't work, trying something else. Welcoming clutter Surrendering a good idea for a better one. Knowing you won't find the finish line for a year or two, or five...

A key to a long, productive writing life is finding ways to support that life, emotionally and existentially.

No matter how many books I write, I will eventually get to fiction. That is where I'm going.

Αν ήμουν σίγουρη ότι θα μπορώ να γράφω και μετά θάνατον, θα πέθαινα κάθε χρόνο ή τουλάχιστον χρόνο παρά χρόνο.