We're looking for stories that speak to us. We're looking for stories that connect us with something true. But, instead, a lot of the time we get strippers. All I'm saying is, when boys are writing the stories, the percentage of strippers is bound to go up. And real stories about real women kinda don't get written at all.

There is no tenderness without bravery.

Writing a novel is a lot like reading one.

Our lives disappear, even as we live them.

We all carry our mothers inside us.

You are writing the story of your only life every single minute of every day.

We are only as great as our struggles. We only become who we are in the face of them.