Partly I resented being perceived as weak because I was a girl.

The web is my unconscious but it's also a wish -- a fantasy of what my own creativity might look like if I weren't constantly impeding its flow.

She has given me a way out.

I tend to write first thing, and then do my drawing later. I like to draw at night. But often I go for long stretches without drawing, because I'm trying to figure out what I'm writing.

If it weren't for the unconventionality of my desires, my mind might never have been forced to reckon with my body.

Nancy Drew was always changing her outfits. I despised girls' clothing, I couldn't wait to get home from school and get out of it. The last thing I wanted to read was minute descriptions of Nancy's frocks.

The writing is hard, and the drawing is fun. It's very satisfying to see a drawing start to come together.