I have a lot of novels that I haven't finished. I usually get 150 pages in and I realize it's not going anywhere. I don't publish everything I write. I must have six unfinished novels at least.

I saw the movie, he said. I know what it's about. Listen to this. When girls get to be about twelve or so - he leaned toward us - their tits bleed.

I think there's a real connection between acting and writing novels because the way I write characters has a little bit to do with the method acting that I was taught in high school and college.

I live my own life and nurse my own wounds. It's not the best way to live. But it's the way I am.

Maybe the best proof that the language is patriarchal is that it oversimplifies feeling.

The perishable nature of love is what gives love its profound importance in our lives. If it were endless, if it were on tap, love wouldn't hit us the way it does.

Now all the mute objects of my life seem to tell my story, to stretch back in time, if I look closely enough.