I've come to think of myself as a writer of books.

Another thing that's good about writing to describe a situation or a state of consciousness is that you can finally get it right. That was my intention, and that's always interesting.

I usually don't think of anyone ever suspecting that I might be someone who'd cry at stuff. I cry at movies all the time. And sometimes it really pisses me off because I hate it when they're just jerking my chain and it's just like completely manipulative.

Poetry's always dead, you know? You don't realize how good poetry is until 15 years later.

A memoir takes some particular threads, some incidents, some experience from a person's life and gives an account of it.

I like writing non-fiction - and when you pick a [non-fiction] subject, it saves you the hassle of coming up with a plot.

I'm someone who's really susceptible to tears.