Don't make a threat and then not do it.

Kindness to me is only powerful if it has the cruel streak behind it. If someone is kind all the time under all circumstances, they're just simple-minded. Kindness is only worth something if you have the cruel streak to back it up.

I like to write about things that are extreme in some form. I like to write about something I feel I have to write about.

How weird it was to drive streets I knew so well. What a different perspective.

Some girls are taught to be sexy.

When I was pregnant, I felt filled with life, and I felt really happy. I ate well, and I slept well. I felt much more useful than I'd ever felt before.

I wasn't afraid of going places or doing new things. I would do just about anything or go anywhere. I'd get a notion in my mind and just follow it.