Go to a place and just send out emails. That's my entire life. I go to countries and I ask, "Who would I know who lives here?" Not even do I know, but who exists and is on the planet.

I wish other people would write about loneliness more. It's hard to remember that it's not personal. We live in a world that is built to make people lonely... It's difficult to remember that your loneliness is not really about you and everyone has it.

I think American literature is in a tedious place, horrible place. I can't even engage with it.

I don't behave the way people necessarily want me to, but I tried behaving that other way for a short period of time and it didn't take.

I like European and South American literature, but mostly I read nonfiction.

I believe in free will.

I don't think that I can be settled and I don't think that I would ever want to be.