The notion that I should be fine with the status quo even if I am not wholly affected by the status quo is repulsive.

I live in the middle of nowhere and I'm an insomniac. I just make the time and I read and write really fast so that makes a lot possible for me. I wish I had an explanation for it. I'm grateful for it.

I am trying so very hard to stay in the moment despite the ferocity of my ambition.

Writing, at its best and truest, can offer solace and salvation for both readers and writers.

When feminism falls short of our expectations, we decide the problem is with feminism rather than with the flawed people who act in the name of the movement.

That the question of likability even exists in literary conversations is odd. It implies that we are engaging in a courtship. When characters are unlikable, they don’t meet our mutable, varying standards. Certainly we can find kinship in fiction, but literary merit shouldn’t be dictated by whether we want to be friends or lovers with those about whom we read.

Violence is a common part of far too many women's lives.