I love writing fiction because I can totally lose myself and I get to make up the rules of the world that I'm writing.

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

The idea of life in France is a utopia where the women are beautiful and they eat cheese all day and wear designer clothes and are magically thin and more evolved. And that's wonderful. Over here, we're still fighting for birth control.

It's gut instinct that helps me determine how to write a story. I love the surreal because I am faced with the challenge of making the unbelievable believable. That challenge is thrilling.

We have this cultural obsession with work and productivity as if we're better people if we don't stop and take some time for ourselves.

I would rather be a bad feminist than no feminist at all.

People of color are not under any kind of obligation beyond working hard, doing their best, and learning from their mistakes.