As a little girl, I used to write stories, but by my teenage years, I got out of the habit.

If you start a new career at 40, you've still got another 35 years to go.

I know some writers are meticulous planners, but I'm not one of them.

I love 19th century fiction and, in particular, fiction written by and about women.

The learning and knowledge that we have, is, at the most, but little compared with that of which we are ignorant.

Committed teachers know their students' needs better than anyone in the system. Traditionally, however, teachers have little control over the purchase of student materials.

When I was in high school in Paris, some photographers wanted my photos and asked if I was interested in modeling. I wasn't interested because I wanted to get my education first. I was scared because I didn't know what I was getting into.

The education that prepared me was my general education classes, which I tried to avoid when I was a stupid undergraduate, but which gave me the foundation of general knowledge that makes a career as a writer possible.