I think it's a huge shortcoming of mine - this disconnect between the world of human and animals. We are animals.

I think humor and terror are very closely related.

Usually I avoid sugar, but sugar is like the most deeply satisfying addictive thing ever.

One of my greatest anxieties as a mother is head injuries.

I do not like candy. I do not like knocking on strangers' doors. I do not like having to deal with the candy disaster that is Halloween. I resent it.

It's hard for me to find humor in my current non-writing situation.

I have a longing for wilderness and for greenness. I wish I were a person who longed for animals, but I'm not.