“I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a sq...” — Margaret Atwood Quote

“I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody under 40,' or 'Nobody under 25.' With my books, it always has been, and continues to be, spread right across the board, and I think the operative term is 'reader.'”

“Never pray for justice, because you might get some.”

“Little girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized.”

“We moved around so much when I was young. I was very shy, so shy that I would walk across the street if I saw someone I knew rather than deal with talking to them.”

“I spend six months of the year on cruises. Travelling the world with your mates, it's such good fun and I hope that comes across.”

“Walmart's period of explosive growth coincided with decades of wage stagnation and deindustrialization. By applying relentless downward pressure on prices and wages, the company came to dominate both consumer spending and employment in small towns and rural areas across the middle of the country.”