It terrified me to consider: What if, as a grown-up, I craved another body beside me as still as this one? What then?

I always tried to learn Greek, but all I got out of it was, "poulaki mou." ["My little chicken."]

I don't read memoirs. But if you write a memoir, I would think you'd want people to know, "O.K., look, I've taken some liberties here." It's just a matter of being open with your readers.

I feel like they are two different things, and when I write books, they're just books. If they can be movies that's okay. But I would write a novel that couldn't be a film.

I wouldn't want to waste any of my brain cells on forgiving if it's holding me back.

My thoughts seem thick, ketchup stuck in a bottle. Like trying to feel someone's face while wearing goosedown mittens.

I never listen to music when I write.