I do believe that books can change lives and give people this kind of language they wouldn't have had otherwise.

I've learned a lot as a writer about poetry.

I have met women who don't have close women friends, and I've always been like, "How could that possibly be?"

There is so much work left to be done in the world and for me, I am hoping to make the change I can and do the work I need to do through this gift I've been given.

Fifteen. Sixteen was probably something, but fifteen - fifteen was a place between here and nowhere.

I don't know how women stop being friends with other women.

Mainly, I try not to think about my readers as I write - I just think of my characters and myself - If they're interesting to me, my hope is that they'll be interesting to others as well.