I consider being female such a unique gift, such a sacred joy, in ways that run so deep I can't articulate them. It's a special kind of privilege to be born into the body you wanted, to embrace the essence of your gender even as you recognize what you are up against. Even as you seek to redefine it.

I just don't want to be around people who don't hate everything in their life right now.

The people accusing me of being productive don't know how hard it is for me to just bend my elbow sometimes.

There’s always an article coming out, saying, ‘The new thing is funny women!’

I love flawed female characters, duking it out.

There is no way that my mother hasn't influenced my career. She's my first critic. She's my best critic. She has the best instincts from writing to style to editing, to the visual elements of my career.

I think of my body as a tool to do the stuff I need to do, but not the be all end all of my existence.