I think funniness is a sign of intelligence.

I have hundreds of Word documents filled with pages of one-liners. If I begin to write a story, or if one of my thoughts leads to more than a couple paragraphs of writing, I'll go into these documents and pull out lines that I think would work with it.

People choose the most flattering photos of themselves to put on Facebook. Text messages can be vague and confusing. But conversations are confusing too. And some people wear lots of makeup. I think it's just hard to be a person.

I don't do the like, "This led to this, and this was why this happened." That doesn't feel real and isn't how I experience things.

I love anybody funny. I think my ten-year-old sister is really funny. She makes me laugh way more than most people do.

I do think that people yearn for connection and intimacy, and that they're hard things to achieve.

The last time I was asked that, I said "A Year Without Spoons." Normally you get asked the same questions over and over, so it feels boring to say the same thing. But then I was like, I don't even know another essay I like. They're all good.