I would never tell anybody to get a divorce.

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.

I believe in free will.

Once you leave, you're no longer of that country, but you are never actually of the country that you go to, and if you go back, you're not anywhere. You never belong to anything.

Most of what I do is for creative people - writers and painters and photographers - trying to work through creative problems.

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