I mean, many times your creative problem is accidentally your personal problem, but it's not quite the same.

My belief that the publishing industry is run by prigs and cowards dates back to many years before I even had the idea for the book.

Feminism now seems to be defined as success is defined: as being as good at capitalism as men are. I feel very estranged from it.

Talk to people who know more than you. I feel like we're in this stupid sea of opinion, like "My opinion is valid because it's mine and I have it."

I never asked anybody to take me seriously.

I knew my motivations for going to each place and what I was looking for. If I don't do that then I generally don't write about my travels.

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.