For years and years I carried these notebooks around with me - I had hundreds of pages of notes, these fragments that consisted of biographical anecdotes, diary passages, critical rants, agitations, scenes of my marriage.

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

I have almost never been compared to male writers in any review. All women.

How difficult it was for a woman, once she was named by doctors, to become a writer, because many aspects of her behavior that are accepted in the genius or creative man are regarded as dangerous in the woman.

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.

When I get too worked up about things I have always escaped into catatonia.

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