I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you were a woman, you were writing about being a woman - and I decided not to do that, write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.

A discerning eye needs only a hint, and understatement leaves the imagination free to build its own elaborations.

There is only one admirable form of the imagination: the imagination that is so intense that it creates a new reality, that it makes things happen.

For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.

There is hope in dreams, imagination, and in the courage of those who wish to make those dreams a reality.