Why are we acting as if we're angry. Are we angry?

The child from 9 to 12 interests me very much. And so, those were the years that I like to write about, when I'm writing.

I didn't know I was really a writer until I read it in the New York Times. And then I thought, "Oh my god, maybe I can really do this". That was a review of "Margaret."

We weren't doing blow jobs when I was growing up.

"Summer Sisters" is probably my least autobiographical book. The whole idea started with rowing down the pond. And I heard an explosion. I don't like sudden loud noises. They scare me. And then all these people came running down the hill and jumped in the water in their finery and a bride and groom was with them, and that's where it all started.

Do not let anyone discourage you. If they try: get determined, not depressed.

"Margaret" was just my truth. It was what I knew to be true about sixth grade.