Feminism is a choice, and if a woman does not want to be a feminist, that is her right, but it is still my responsibility to fight for her rights. I believe feminism is grounded in supporting the choices of women even if we wouldn't make certain choices for ourselves. I believe women not just in the United States but throughout the world deserve equality and freedom but know I am in no position to tell women of other cultures what that equality and freedom should look like.

What is it like to be connected to someone you can never get away from, for better or worse? I love trying to answer that question.

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

I am mortified by my music choices.

Good fiction challenges us as much as it entertains and these days, we could do with both of these things.

Readers need to stop assuming characters are white if race isn't explicitly defined.

I don't want the success to go away. I don't want it to seem unearned.