If I gave up writing, I'd have to find an equally obsessive way to fill my time. Yarn-bombing skyscrapers or making houses out of empty soda bottles.

I don't know if I have a book in me, but I'm sure I have more essays.

I have carpal tunnel so I can't write more than four hours total without tingling numbness. I take a lot of breaks and do stretches.

We can be the new brand of self-extincting dinosaurs or we can evolve.

I find myself moved by social justice issues. I'm not sure where that will lead me. I'm willing to nurture it.

I don't see the point of pretending we're clones.

I was born on the same day as Edgar Allan Poe and Dolly Parton: January 19. I am absolutely certain that this affects my writing in some way.