The only two places where I can read for long stretches are in airplanes and in bed at nighttime.

Obama's middle name differs from my last name by only two vowels. Does the McCain-Palin campaign view me as a pariah, too? Do McCain and Palin think there's something wrong with my name?

Nothing happens in a vacuum in life: every action has a series of consequences, and sometimes it takes a long time to fully understand the consequences of our actions.

Literary fiction is kept alive by women. Women read more fiction, period.

Write the story you need to tell and want to read. It's impossible to know what others want, so don't waste time trying to guess.

Afghanistan is a rural nation, where 85 percent of people live in the countryside. And out there it's very, very conservative, very tribal - almost medieval.