“People in my novels always have terrible problems. If they are not ter...” — Barbara Kingsolver Quote

“People in my novels always have terrible problems. If they are not terrible, I make them more terrible.”

“God is in the details, the completely unnecessary miracles sometimes tossed up as stars to guide us.”

“Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain.”

“Novels are longer than life.”

“Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.”

“For the novels I wrote before selling anything, I didn't outline much. I had a vague idea of the story.”