Of course, you always think about how it will be read. I always aim for a reading in one sitting.

We all have the same dreams.

I never actually learned the rules of grammar, relying instead only on what sounded right.

We tell ourselves stories in order to live.

Marriage is memory, marriage is time. Marriage is not only time: it is also, parodoxically, the denial of time.

We are the stories we tell ourselves

When you write, you're always revealing a difficult part of yourself. It may not be a part of yourself that looks as difficult - there are parts that look more difficult - but in fact, they are all difficult, and you get kind of used to doing that. It is sort of the nature of the thing.