I think there's a lot that we remember almost chemically, through our DNA.

We're naturally afraid of a spider - these are memories that are being chemically passed down through your DNA.

When I was thinking about all the things that the world had forgotten, it made me think about people who have actually really forgotten everything, and how much of our identity is wrapped up in those memories, and how much of our experience makes us who we are, and remembering those experiences makes us who we are.

I don't think I've ever done anything that's completely the same, yet.

I'm a history person, and I love the groundedness of that, of being able to go, "Yes! People acted like that."

I never have the feeling that I actually know what I'm doing or anything that I'm writing is any good.

I would not give up a lot of what I know about my heritage. I would not give up knowing where I came from, the good parts and the bad parts.