I'm interested in people who have to overcome obstacles, people who are not sheltered by the umbrella of the establishment, marginals.

If you write nonfiction, a historical account of what really happened, first of all, it's always white men who do that, and you don't have the voices that are really interesting to me, of the people who are not sheltered by the big umbrella of the establishment.

I love fiction because in fiction you go into the thoughts of people, the little people, the people who were defeated, the poor, the women, the children that are never in history books.

I tend to see the similarities in people and not the differences.

If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so.

I am happier when I love than when I am loved. I adore my husband, my son, my grandchildren, my mother, my dog, and frankly, I don't know if they even like me. But who cares? Loving them is my joy.