My mother was told she couldn't go to medical school because she was a woman and a Jew. So she became a teacher in the New York City public school system.
“I think it's restrictive to typecast myself as a novelist because I enjoy other forms of expression. I love literature and I love cinema.”
“Yes - it's the same in any other work - the more you massage your thinking the more capable I believe you are of expanding how you go about things and learning.”