There is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear of being offensive in some way.

I love to read nonfiction and memoir, but I'm mostly interested in the piece of writing more than the person.

Somehow we have to detach from feeling as though money is a quick and easy standard by which we can gauge how well we're doing.

There's the belief that we can't be smart enough to write. And certainly censorship of women, too.

I just like doing it, I like writing.

The main thing is to explain to yourself that everybody suffers.

Sometimes it's interesting to see what people who have too much control need to do to write freely.