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" Every choice you make has higher stakes - or that's how it feels. "

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" I feel like every single time I've published a book, there's some little light in me that goes out. I've seen the way people can misunderstand or misinterpret things, if not maliciously, then without a lot of sensitivity. "

" Only in our failures are we absolutely alone. Only in the pursuit of failure can a person really be free. Losers may be the avant garde of the modern age. "

" For myself, I feel more natural writing stories or novels than writing plays. I feel more like myself, like I can express myself better, and like I have a greater clarity about what I want to do. "

" I find that when I'm in a relationship, I'm just so 'in it,' you couldn't even call it an art; it's such embroilment. With a friendship, you can choose a little bit more how to behave. You can be guided more. "

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" There's so much anxiety about being understood - and being understood through what you wear. "

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

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" I just always try to respond to what I'm most interested in at the moment - that hasn't changed. "

" I don't know what that line is between fiction and non-fiction that other people have in their minds, but to me, when I'm writing, it's just like whatever the next sentence should be is the next sentence. It's not this artificial division. "

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" Toronto is my home. It's where my family is. I think I feel an obligation to be within subway distance of the people who raised me. "

" I didn't wander into motherhood or nonmotherhood unconsciously, recklessly. I gave it due consideration. "

" The thing to do when you're feeling ambivalent is to wait. "

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" Trying to live the image of the life which you have in your head... it's really hard not to do that, but I do think maybe it's cheating. "

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