I'm a feminist, but I think that romance has been taken away a bit for my generation. I think what people connect with in novels is this idea of an overpowering, encompassing love—and it being more important and special than anything and everything else.

Nature is the greatest teacher and I learn from her best when others are asleep.

I don't want to make money, I want to make a difference.

Political language is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.