When I graduated college I had a series of just humiliating jobs that I couldn't believe I was at.

I think what people really hate is to be caught by surprise by criticism.

Artists themselves are neurotic and fearful people, and you can look at their work and figure out what they're scared of.

I always imagined that having a baby is something that I'm going to keep in a private place, but maybe my curse is that all I'm going to want to do is tell everybody about what my birth process was like and what my children's nightmares are.

There's a certain grace to having your heart broken.

There is a sort of backlash of people who feel like you're not representing them accurately, and you want to say as elegantly as you can, "I wasn't trying to represent you I, was just doing what I could do to make being alive easier for me." And if it helped anyone or made them feel comforted in the process then it's the greatest thing you can ask for.

For anyone that has ever done a sex scene, it takes on the feeling of learning a ridiculous dance, like the electric slide. It's not a sexy experience.