Nilda is watching the ground as though she's afraid she might fall. My heart is beating and I think, We could do anything. We could marry. We could drive off to the West Coast. We could start over. It's all possible but neither of us speaks for a long time and the moment closes and we're back in the world we've always known.

You can't regret the life you didn't lead.

[Donald] Trump is taking America's dirty laundry to the center stage. Everything he does, the rest of the country already does really well: victimize immigrants, poor people, women.

The only difference between a published and unpublished writer is a tolerance for imperfection.

You can't be a human without seeing.

I always individuate myself from other writers who say they would die if they couldn't write. For me, I'd die if I couldn't read.

The art is just really mysterious. If I understood it more, maybe I would write more.