“The summer after I got divorced, my children asked to sleep in my bed ...” — Lydia Millet Quote

“The summer after I got divorced, my children asked to sleep in my bed again. It would be the first time we'd shared a bed since they were infants.”

“I think the best fiction is a form of psychological suspense, even though I don't really write in that idiom.”

“There has to be space for play in literature. We all need some breathing room.”

“I believe Huckabee should have run again in 2012. Everyone was begging for him to do so. He beat Romney in 2008, and I believe he would have done it again in 2012.”

“It's a heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody. My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can and provide entertainment for everyone who wanted to watch basketball. Obviously, people may not agree with that; again, I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.”