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I grew up in an all-female family - two sisters and a mostly single mother - and we often bonded, in part, by disparaging men and feeling superior to them.

It's difficult to have any animosity towards someone if you recognize that on so many levels they're exactly the same as you.

I grew up with an older brother, and the bond between siblings is unlike anything else, and it can be a real journey to accept what that bond is once you both mature into it. Because it's not always what you want. It's not always what you expect. It's not always what you imagined or hoped. But it's one of the most important things in the world.

I think social and moral disengagement is repugnant.

I wouldn't say that it's hard for sisters to treat each other with respect. Many do.

And not only my own brothers and sisters agreed so but my brothers and sisters in law; and their children, although but young, had the like agreeable natures and affectionate dispositions.

I've got two sisters and they're both married and they're both much more settled into the way things are.

If you don't acknowledge differences, it's as bad as stereotyping or reducing someone.

Sibling relationships figure in a lot of my books. You don't often see relationships between adult siblings explored in fiction.

We have much more in common with other people than we have apart.