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 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.

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

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 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.