I was between them, and as the tension sparked, I felt like a small rodent trapped between mastodons.

A happy relationship is made up of two good forgivers.

Like the sea itself, the unconscious yields an endless and self-replenishing abundance of creatures, a wealth beyond our fathoming.

What will be the death of me are buillabaisses, food spiced with pimiento, shellfish, and a load of exquisite rubbish which I eat in disproportionate quantities.

It's seldom you make a great picture. you have to milk the cow quite a lot to get plenty of milk to make a little cheese.

It was eerie. I saw myself in that machine. I never thought my work would come to this.

I am most drawn to writing when I have something else urgent to do.

Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.

Confidence is everything in this business.

I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists.

I didn't have any doubts about my choice of career, but I had constant doubts about my ability, yes.