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

I am worthy of being read. I mean, one has to be convinced of one's genius.

I think the key to writing the truth of our existences, so much of this is being incubated online, is examining the conflicts and the messiness, our sometimes dividedness, dealing with gender and other hierarchies, and also our identities outside of them, deeply personal and yet somehow critical and circumspect.

I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of not publishing is wonderful!

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

My writing has always been considered extremely important, even though I make slim-to-no money at it.

The memoir by women, read by female readers, is considered a market form, not "great literature."