There's so much writing I could have done and so many ideas that I had and so many things I wanted to work on that I didn't. I like too much having things in my head rather than doing the work.

Then if he's sore with me, let him dump my ass. That will just give me more time to be a genius.

Literature and art are one of a number of relationships I have with the world. Like you have relationships with your friends and a relationship with your lover and your relationship with your family and your relationship with your work - sometimes it's really great; sometimes it's non-existent, sometimes it's fruitful.

It's nice to go into your doom. It's so liberating.

One good thing about being a woman is we haven't too many examples yet of what a genius looks like. It could be me.

He’s just another man who wants to teach me something.

I feel like one can have all of that as a writer; you're writing, you're reading, you're talking to interesting and intelligent people. Your life is structured around whatever book you're writing, and so is your reading and so are many of your conversations.