"I think a writer's job is to tell the truth. And the truth is not always pretty."

"If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. But if you have to die, commit suicide."

"To be a writer is to be a rebel. To be a woman writer is to be a double rebel."

"The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance."

"I write for myself and for my friends. And for the people who are not my friends, but who might become my friends."