But I never thought of who he wasn't, I never had to explain or defend him to myself, I didn't even care what we talked about.

I feel like if you read something, and it makes you so curious about a topic that you then go read something else, that's exciting.

... it struck me as so hard to believe I was really getting what I wanted; it was always easier to feel the lack of something than the thing itself.

I gave people the benefit of the doubt, thinking, so many people that appear very calm and even boring must have all these wild emotions and crazy ideas.

Of course a magazine is usually more interesting than a conversation, because so much more time and preparation has gone into it.

I have this theory that the likeability question comes up so much more with female characters created by female authors than it does with male characters and male authors

In life we're most hell-bent on proving things that we're not really sure are true.