I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone.

There are a million talented writers who are unpublished only because they stop writing when it gets hard.

Nick is like a good stiff drink: He gives everything the correct perspective.

I was pretending, the way I often did, pretending to have a personality. I can't help it, it's what I've always done: The way some women change fashion regularly, I change personalities. What persona feels good, what's coveted, what's au courant? I think most people do this, they just don't admit it, or else they settle on one persona because they are too lazy or stupid to pull a switch.

I was raised feral, and I mostly stayed that way.

I can't think of anything more crushing than slowly, over time, realizing exactly how wrong you were about someone.

I have a meanness inside me, real as an organ. Slit me at my belly and it might slide out, meaty and dark, drop on the floor so you could stomp on it.