I am extremely close to my brother, Kent, and my sister, Lauren, who have been remarkably understanding about all of my weird sibling tales.

My older sister has entire kingdoms inside of her, and some of them are only accessible at certain seasons, in certain kinds of weather.

I really try to write every day. It's hard, but it's my favorite thing to do. So, it's usually not too, too hard.

Could we betray our parents by going back to them?

No, I don’t have to tell a soul about this, I promised myself. When you are a kid, you don’t know yet that a secret, like an animal, can evolve. Like an animal, a secret can develop a self-preserving intelligence. Shaglike, mute and thick, a knowledge with a fur: your secret.

What passes for news is just morbid speculation or cartoonish screaming, followed by diaper commercials.

I want a real encounter with something true and disconcerting about peoples' natures.