If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could.

Sometimes when persons say definitely it sounds actually less true.

Ma's still nodding. "You're the one who matters, though. Just you." I shake my head till it's wobbling because there's no just me.

I think there are few films out there that take motherhood seriously.

You're meant to have an unhappy childhood to be a writer, but there's a lot to be said for a very happy one that just let's you get on with it.

This is a bad story.” “Sorry. I’m really sorry. I shouldn’t have told you.” “No, you should,” I say. “But—” “I don’t want there to be bad stories and me not know them.

There's not a thing wrong with you, you're right the whole way through.