The stereotypical gay man is someone whose company I enjoy, someone who makes me laugh, someone I'd want my kid to be. The stereotypical gay woman makes me insecure, conscious of my failings as a feminist.

I used to refer to myself as a 'theoretical anorexic,' just as crazy when it came to body image, but saved by a lack of self-discipline. My daughters do everything better than I do - they're smarter, more beautiful, happier. What if they end up better at anorexia, too?

I am a very nonspiritual person.

As a parent, the only thing I am absolutely certain of is my own fallibility.

Listen to the pregnant woman. Value her. She values the life growing inside her. Listen to the pregnant woman, and you cannot help but defend her right to abortion.

The thing I believe in most in the world is my own fallibility, so I am willing to believe that I may be wrong too.

The only difference between a writer and someone who wants to be a writer is discipline.