I never imagined that I would be the kind of person who is recognized when I am out and about just living my life.

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

I don't ever rest. It's a problem and hopefully something I will get a better handle on in the coming years.

You have to be consistent. You have to be yourself. You have to be committed to what you're doing. You have to not be afraid to be ambitious.

Most of the time, writing is a lot of fun, and not a small amount of self-medication.

I wrote myself back together. I wrote myself toward a stronger version of myself . . . Through writing and feminism, I also found that if I was a little bit brave, another woman might hear me and see me and recognize that none of us are the nothing the world tries to tell us we are.

If I cannot rest and relax, all the work I do is for naught.