I don't regard the real and true and authentic as something to claim as a moral high ground.

Writing a first novel was an arduous crash course. I learned so much in the six years it took me to write it, mostly technical things pertaining to craft.

A lot of politics in art is just institutional critique, which, in my opinion, is not all that political.

I do not enjoy the promotional side of being a writer, to be blunt about it. Even with the little amount that is expected of me, which is nothing compared to the life of an artist. Writers can live in obscurity and come out of the woodwork with a book, then go back in. Artists don’t have that luxury.

L.A. is a great place to write because you have a lot of space. I have a big office at home, I can leave the doors open. Flowers bloom all year. But it's unglamorous in all the right ways.

I'm a very interior person. I love silence. I revel in it. I'm happy that way.

A funny thing about women and machines: the combination made men curious.