Writing Stories Is The Habit Of Lying

You Learn To Exploit Genre For The More Important Things - To My Mind - Like Story, Character, Image, Language.

One Of The Reasons I Write In Different Genres Is That I Get To Have The Feeling - Even Fleetingly - That I'm Not Just Writing Like Baggott Again. I Can Escape Myself.

I Am Deeply Catholic And Always Will Be, But I'm No Longer A Member Of The Church. I Left In 2003 Because Of The Sex Abuse Scandal.

I'm A Writer Of Faith Who Worries About The Intolerance Of Religion. I Look At The Past And Fear We Haven't Learned From It. I Believe That Humanity Is Capable Of Evil As Well As Great Acts Of Courage And Goodness. I Have Hope. Deep Down, I Believe In The Human Spirit, Although Sometimes That Belief Is Shaken.

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.