I write in bed, too. I find it very comforting. I want to sort of, like, crawl in a fetal position if I have to.

We are the most brutal with the people we love the most.

I feel like women very often do write differently than men, but women write things that men can't write.

I think once you sort of cross over and you realize what books can be - and if they mean something to you - there's just no stopping you.

Not all women write the same. But I don't understand why the model is that you're supposed to write like a man, and that means you're a real writer.

It's the universal feeling that we all are alone - that we're all different. I think the movie's one resounding theme is that everybody feels the same, and we're all alone together. Some people come up to me on the street and thank me for helping them get through their teen years.

I don't have control over how people choose to perceive me. The only thing I have control over is my writing.