Feminism has never been sexy, but let me assure you that it never stopped me from flirting, and I have seldom suffered from lack of men..

Happiness is pure kitch; we come into the world to suffer and learn..

One of the things that always comes up in my writing is the search for freedom, especially in women. I always write about women who are marginalized,….

I try desperately to conquer the transitory nature of my existence, to trap moments before they evenesce, to untangle the confusion of my past. Every….

Writing is my job. I don't think of it as art..

I don't think of literature as an end in itself. It's just a way of communicating something..

Some people connect with a story and may find between the lines something that might be useful to him or her, but that's not the intention of the aut….

I should say that I'm not conscious of any particular style or any particular literary device when I am writing. I have written 22 books, and they ar….

I'm very optimistic because I think that the real strength of a nation like the United States comes from blending cultures. There's no way that you c….

Write to register history, and name each thing. Write what should not be forgotten..

...a fixation is very stubborn: it burrows into the brain and breaks the heart. There are many fixations, but love is the worst..

Before I start writing, before I have an idea of where and when the story happens, I research it thoroughly..

She intended to swallow the world and he lived crushed by reality..

The first two, three, four weeks are wasted. I just show up in front of the computer. Show up, show up, show up, and after a while the muse shows up,….

A book is not an end in itself; it is only a way to touch someone - a bridge extended across a space of loneliness and obscurity - and sometimes it i….

In the United States, the fact that you can start again gives a lot of energy and strength and youth to this country. That is why it's so powerful in….

I don't want to be looking inside my ego, my stuff, my achievements, my me, me, me, me, I hate that stuff. I just want to be out there eh to the last….

I think the spirit survives when we die, and nothing is wasted in nature and just as our material body disintegrates and becomes something else in th….

Women are the only ones who will be able to eliminate the patriarchy, and when that happens all of us will win, men as much as women..

People think that they will sit down and produce the great American novel in one sitting. It doesn't work that way. This is a very patient and meticu….

When I started working in a feminist feminine magazine all my life was about rebelling against male authority, which is authority in general is male,….