The way we started was, Alison [McGhee] said, 'Tall girl, short girl.' We had no plans beyond that.

I have learned how to love. And it's a terrible thing. I'm broken. My heart is broken. Help me.

If the world held magic powerful enough to make the elephant appear, then there must exist, too, magic in equal measure, magic powerful enough to undo what had been done.

When I journal, I write about images that I've seen that I think might make good stories. I write about things that I hear that I think I can turn into a story. I write about the story that I'm working on and where I think it might go.

My favorite food is deep-fried ravioli. I always get that every year.

How will the world change if we do not question it?

Everything, as you well know . . . cannot always be sweetness and light.