As I travel through life, I gather experiences that lie imprinted on the deepest strata of memory, and there they ferment, are transformed, and somet….

My name is Eva, which means 'life,' according to a book of names my mother consulted. I was born in the back room of a shadowy house, and grew up ami….

...memory is fragile and the space of a single life is brief, passing so quickly that we never get a chance to see the relationship between events; w….

My grandfather was dying, and told the family he had decided to die. ... At that moment I wanted so badly to write and tell him that he was never goi….

Music is a wind that blows away the years, memories, and fear, that crouching animal I carry inside me..

My books are written from personal experience, from memories, and from stories that come to me from all places..

I don't think that we have to look like the models in the magazines because they are 19 year olds and they have been photo shopped extensively, not b….

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse..

Memory is fiction. We select the brightest and the darkest, ignoring what we are ashamed of, and so embroider the broad tapestry of our lives..

Just as when we come into the world, when we die we are afraid of the unknown. But the fear is something from within us that has nothing to do with r….

He realized...that the loudest are the least sincere, that arrogance is a quality of the ignorant, and that flatterers tend to be vicious..

I'm open to love, and I think that I will fall in love with a wonderful man..

A novel is achieved with hard work, the short story with inspiration..

January 8 has been a lucky day for me. I have started all my books on that day, and all of them have been well received by the readers. I write eight….

You would give your life for your little baby. It's not the same when you are in a sexual relationship unless you feel that you are loved as you love..

Love is music, and sex is only the instrument..

I had a very rough childhood and not a happy one and by age 15 I was an old person in many ways. I knew that I had to take care of myself, I um and I….

Friendship is all about trust and sharing. Passionate and romantic love is all about sex and emotions. You have to try to combine those, I think. The….

Everyone has a story, the air is full of stories. The creative process is mysterious, I don't know why it is that suddenly a theme will take hold of ….

It's such an intimate and profound relationship that it cannot be unconditional. I can only compare the intimacy of sex with the intimacy of the moth….

Women have always been courageous... They are always fearless when protecting their children and in the last century they have been fearless in the f….