It's not that I don't want to hear about that [blow job] stuff, I just want to hear about it immediately. And I want to hear about it on more comfortable terms.

Once, my little sister was walking down the street in her thick black glasses, and a homeless man muttered, Talk nerdy to me.

I don’t really read reviews… That’s not where my attention goes.

I never set out to make any statements about a specific character, I just set out to tell what feels like is a truthful story, a person that you and I might truly encounter.

You don't need to be flamboyant in your life to be flamboyant in your work.

I'm glad if my work can make a difference.

That's the feeling [of relativity] I always had about [Judy Blume] books which I re-read and re-read and re-read.