I think immigrants, when they're stressed, think that there's something wrong with America, when it's really just difficult to leave a country and all that you know.

I thought it was quite wonderful coming to America. I think immigration is a very difficult thing, but America is a very wonderful place.

I think that books are fundamentally educational.

I think one can be more honest in fiction than in a memoir.

We are often unaware of how much we love the people around us. This is true for everyone. We may think that we love certain people, but we don't know how profoundly we love them.

I don't really revise. I tend to rewrite.