On This Twelfth Day Of My Diet

I Am A Driven Writer. I Feel Guilty If I Don't Write, Not Self-indulgent If I Do.

I Think Having A Great Range Of Experiences In My Life Had Helped Me As A Writer, Particularly A Writer Of Fiction. I Have Known A Great Many Different Sorts Of People In Different Situations, And I Have A Notion How Very Well Of Badly People Can Behave In Times Of Stress Or Danger Or Violence.

Pain Is A Forcing Sieve That Turns Me To Gruel.

Every Artist Creates With Open Eyes What She Sees In Her Dream.

Long Hair Is Considered Bohemian, Which May Be Why I Grew It, But I Keep It Long Because I Love The Way It Feels, Part Cloak, Part Fan, Part Mane, Part Security Blanket.