Faith is learned through life..

We don't choose what's going to wake us up..

Forgiveness frees the forgiver..

It is said that I'm distant and cold. I'm just someone who's very shy. I'm not comfortable doing interviews because I have to talk about myself. To t….

Oftentimes, if a writer really gets her hooks into me, I'll want to read interviews, or listen to an interview, or read a literary biography or a mem….

Africa is the future..

I've become wary of interviews in which you're forced to go back over the reasons why you made certain decisions. You tend to rationalize what you've….

You have to live a life to become a writer..

Quentin [Tarantino] is a filmmaker who really dives into things very seriously and deeply. And when he does interviews, he really wears his heart on ….

Being fly is something that I consider myself. I would love to be at some point..

Some are pre-taped interviews because maybe we can't get that person live or maybe we're not sure it's going to work out right so we tape it an hour ….

No one can tell me that I'm doing wrong..

A lot of the bunkering is designed more to save you than it is to penalize you..

Death hastens those who hasten death..

People I meet today, especially journalists who interview me, are astonished to hear that Lenin told me, in effect, that Communism was not working an….

Everything that I'm saying You can say it just as good.

I didn't take a single business class. I learned on the job..

I never think about the downs. Well, only when I get asked during interviews..

I don't pull, I just receive..

I really try to forget. I only look at my old works if there's an interview and someone asks me about it. Otherwise, it's not even in the rearview mi….

I don't want to be in my 'interview zone' mode. I've been doing a lot of interviews and I'm very self-aware of how I'm coming across..