Love Is A General Emotion.

In December 1998, I Considered Myself An Expert On Love. I Was Almost A Year Into A Relationship, One That Had Grown More Slowly Than I Had Wished, But Once It Flowered It Was Much More Stimulating Than Any Marriage Or Relationship I Had Known.

Because Your Goal Is A Complete Rough Draft Of A Novel, And Every Rough Draft, By Being Complete, Is Perfect.

English Majors Understand Human Nature Better Than Economists Do.

Most Of My Childhood Revolved Around Wondering When We Would Be Blown Up By The Russians. I Couldn't Stand The News, I Knew That If The Missile Were Launched, Mortality Would Arrive In Half An Hour, So I Spent A Lot Of My Childhood Feeling That I Was 30 Minutes From Being Dead.

There Weren't Too Many Books By Women That Were Taught In School, So I Read Those On My Own, And The Books I Read Were As Accessible As The Ones We Were Reading In School.