I go through life now reminding myself to remember something, and I do this while that something is happening. I'll be experiencing a moment and I'll say to myself, "Remember this!" Otherwise my whole life just blurs by.

I used to have a really sharp memory. And its loss has proven destabilizing from an identity perspective.

You know you're screwed when a Western doctor recommends acupuncture.

There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a first draft and I'm nowhere near done.

I've subsequently become conscious of MAKING MEMORIES. Which makes me sound like a scrapbooker.

I wish somebody knew whether or not I'm Jewish.

When I was writing my first draft, and feeling grandiose, I e-mailed an artist/clothing designer I know and suggested we collaborate on a fashion line inspired by the outfits my characters wore. I regret that we never did that.