I don't think men experience the embargo on channeling the autobiography in their literature.

I think genius can have a lot to do with nerve. And permission.

People are more concerned about the economy then these ridiculous concerns as to gender inequity in society, as manifested in marriages, in the mental health system, and then in literature.

People are depressed for many reasons, one of which I think is how we have been taught to react to trauma, to stress.

If one writes the rules then one can contradict oneself. It's all about rhetoric, about official narratives.

For years I lived rather medicated and muted - I did not possess language to describe my vague feelings of unhappiness, to politicize it, to attempt to transcend it.

I think so often, especially if the work is perceived of as being drawn from life, the woman, not her book, is reviewed.