Bruce Springsteen

I have spent my life judging the distance between American reality and the American dream.

I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.

I grew up with a very big extended family, with a lot of aunts. We had about five or six houses on one street.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.

I've always been very determined, ever since I was a little girl, to make my way.