I was reading five or six years ahead of my grade during public school. I was pretty bored. I made a contract with some of my teachers that if I didn't ask too many questions, I could work in the back of the room.
“For me, nothing has ever taken precedence over being a mother and having a family and a home.”
“People who don't read seem to me mysterious. I don't know how they think or learn about other people. Novels are a very important part of our education.”