I took "Forever" [by Judy Blume] to the bathroom to read [when I was eight] and then I heard my mom coming so I stuck it under the toilet and went running out. And I went back later to check for it. And it was gone.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

Can we call a moratorium on the use of the term 'ladyparts'? Grazia!

Feminism and issues surrounding being female in the world, always, but particularly right now at this complicated cultural moment. It's a huge part of what's important to me.

When I write I'm never really thinking about themes or the universal.

This could very easily be taken out of context, and I think it's funny now, but I remember looking in the mirror as a kid and, it would be like for an hour at a time, and I'd be like, 'I'm just so beautiful. Everybody is so lucky that they get to look at me.' And of course that changes as you get older, but I may have held on to that little-kid feeling that was me alone in my bathroom.

I wish that author [ E. L. James] all the success in the world. It's just not for me.