“Being able to write becomes a kind of shield, a way of hiding, a way of too instantly transforming pain into honey.”

“Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.”

“Louis Althusser puts it this way: because "class instinct is subjective and spontaneous," the class instinct of the middle classes and "thus of intellectuals" must undergo a painful and "revolutionary" transformation in order to become oppositional—that is, in order to become aligned with the methodology of the oppressed.”

“I hate the way he writes. I kind of love the way he lives, though.”

“He writes the kind of music you whistle on the way into the theater.”

“The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it.”

“I hope that when he smiles at me
He does not guess my joy and pain,
For if he did, he is too kind
To ever look my way again.”

“As a writer, my primary responsibility to readers is to write a story that is entertaining, and authentic. I wanted to write about characters who felt true to life, while also providing a way for readers to laugh at the foibles of others. Some of my characters are foolish, some are wise and kind, others are shallow and misguided. That’s how regular people behave too, and in fact we all cycle between many different ways of being…”

“The best way to learn to write is to study the work of the men and women who are doing the kind of writing you want to do.”

“We are able to speak for ourselves through our music rather than being defined and put into the spotlight in a very male kind of groomed way for an obviously predominantly male audience.”