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

I am mortified by my music choices.

I'll learn how to rest, though. I can still learn new tricks.

Some women being empowered does not prove the patriarchy is dead. It proves that some of us are lucky.

The actual act of writing brings me such pleasure - to tell stories, to engage in cultural criticism, to reflect, to question, all of it is invigorating.

I'm fat positive, in that I don't see fat as a bad thing. But what I do see as a bad thing is how I'm treated. I can have the most positive outlook in the world, but that is not going to change how hecklers and people walking down the street are yelling at me.

If people cannot be flawed in fiction there's no place left for us to be human.