Any woman who counts on her face is a fool.

People profess to have certain political positions, but their conservatism or liberalism is really the least interesting thing about them.

I know to argue against our online lives seems like the argument of the grumpy, old Luddite novelist, but I really always try to make the argument from the perspective of personal pleasure.

All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.

Art is the Western myth, with which we both console ourselves and make ourselves.

I love to dance, and sing - in the shower, not in public. Im too old to go raving, but my fondest memories are of that kind of thing - dancing, with lots of people, outside if possible.

I find it impossible to experience either pride or shame over accidents of genetics in which I had no active part. I'm not necessarily proud to be female. I am not even proud to be human — I only love to be so.