The generation of women who came before us did much of our shouting. They laid the groundwork and now we can be calm and constant and steady.

A good novel doesn't just transcend the boundaries of its target market - it knows nothing about target markets.

Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.

Love is a luxury. It's something that people are allowed to indulge in when they're not simply trying to survive and keep other people alive.

If you look at the world one way, it takes from you - it's a thief of time, energy, creative mojo. But if you look at the world another way, it gives you an endless supply of motivation.

Omission is a sin only if, in the process of deceiving, you forget the truth. Lying is a sin only if, in the process, the lie becomes the only truth.

The intricacy of plotting a thriller is akin to writing formal poetry.

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

I prefer a cluttered workspace.

I want women writers to write boldly, wildly, deeply. I want them to feel really liberated to tell the brutal truth, however they see that truth and are moved to tell it.

The poem has to bear the weight with image, language... the screenplay with dialogue, plot.

Stash the cash and stop being flash if you want to give being wealthy a bash!

My last thought before falling asleep last night was a realisation that I was falling in love with Andrew. Well, not me exactly. My stupid, traitorous heart.

France always has plenty men of talent but it is always deficient in men of action and high character.

Whereas the law is passionless, passion must ever sway the heart of man.

Trusting the government to monitor your calls without listening. It's kind of like trusting Chris Christie to pick up the McDonald's and not eat the fries on the way home.

If a leader cannot give you a clear picture of what he or she sees in the future, that person is not the leader of that organization.

There's more people that like me than there are who hate me, so I kind of brush it off.

I love to work. I love to have complexity.

I really didn't know there was two sides to the abortion issue.

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.