I am proud and embarrassed by how incredibly self-confident I was in my late teens and early 20s. I know that there were other things going on, too, but I had an overwhelming belief in myself. Like I said, I'm embarrassed by it and proud of it.

What I did have was an incredible amount of belief in myself.

I quite enjoy a high-waisted cotton panty.

I'm pretty sure I ate ants in Mexico.

I was a vegetarian for a really long time, from 7 to 23, so I feel like some things aren't that weird but they seem weird to me, like blood sausage or snails. Those are things I've eaten now that, years ago, it would have been totally improbable that I would have eaten.

Anytime that I've felt uninspired, I don't force myself to sit down and write. I only do it when I feel the impulse.

Part of the challenge of being a girl living in the 21st Century, looking back, the danger is to not judge your character by your own standards.