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" I find texting to be kind of a safe space. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Space
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Safe
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" The thing that I find interesting about teens now is that no matter how desperate we seem to be taxonomically 'othering' them, for one reason or another - because the Internet, because whatever - I feel like a lot of the benchmarks and the experiences are, you know, same for teens through time immemorial. "
Mary H.K. Choi
You
Interesting
Time
" The first time I drank LaCroix, I half expected it to be filled with self-tanner. Or Axe body spray. "
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Half
Time
Axe
" I'm a big believer in puking out all your thoughts in a single sitting and getting some version of the work down, because the alternative just prolongs the agony. The first draft is hideous and ajskdlkdfksjdfslfjk, but it's just a map for where the big blocks go. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Sitting
Thoughts
Work
" If there was a button that I could push that would agog my brain to the level that I felt first seeing 'Avatar' in its entirety and another one for food pellets, I would die of starvation. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Food
Die
Brain
" I just love the comics industry. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Just
Comics
Industry
" My mom is an excellent mom. She knows I am irascible, prickly, and antisocial. She knows that most human interaction makes me tired and that I either scare people away with precise invectives or trot out the fakest, nicest skinjob of myself because it requires zero effort. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Myself
People
Tired
" When I was five, I compound-fractured my arm, pulverising my elbow. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Five
Elbow
Arm
" People bursting into song in unison and then pointing it at me is maybe the worst thing I can think of, never mind that you have to pay good money to go be yelled/danced at. "
Mary H.K. Choi
People
Mind
Money
" I'm pretty sure I peaked at 15. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Pretty
Peaked
Sure
" My brother's in comics. I work in media. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Comics
Work
Media
" I would never give up 'The Wire,' 'Breaking Bad,' and 'Game of Thrones.' I'm grateful for all these expensive, excellent, graphically ambitious programs. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Grateful
Never Give Up
Up
" You always feel like a hack and a fraud when you're writing. It's just how it goes. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Writing
Like
Fraud
" Try life as your own boss, on your own voyage. No daily commute. No salad bar at 12:15. No cc'ing about the meeting. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Try
Own
Meeting
" You are overwhelmed, overscheduled, and dejected because you keep trying to have it all - or at least most of it. You want a fulfilling job and personal life, and it's not working. The way out? Work more. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Work
You
Job
" Consider this: alms aside, Wikipedia is fueled by competitive pedantry and emo-ness. How great is that? "
Mary H.K. Choi
Aside
How
Great
" Never post boring back-to-back selfies. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Post
Boring
Never
" My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Writer
Essayist
Spot
" Twenty-thirteen was the year I got super into SoulCycle. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Got
Super
Year
" Never hold up your entire group of friends in real life trying to capture a perfect Instagram pose. Nobody cares. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Group
Friends
Life
" I'm definitely an indoor kid who's turned into an inside person. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Person
Definitely
Inside
" The thing about leaving New York is that you can come back. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Leaving
You
New York
" As a consumer, I love superheroes. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Love
I Love
Superheroes
" I suspect that living 24/7 in workout attire is the clothing version of the messy topknot. We all know that your hair is dirty, or too long, or too frizzy, or your roots have grown out, but we are all going to accept it as fabulous because that's the deal. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Roots
Living
Hair
" Your mom is the first person you fall in love with, so it's loaded forever and carries all this baggage. There's almost always a communication barrier in place. In my case it's a language and cultural barrier, but other times, it's because your mother's love is conditional or because you're fundamentally different. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Mother
Communication
Mom
" From the first time I harangued my mother into buying me a pair of platform sandals at the irascible and persistent age of 11, I've worn heels. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Me
Age
First
" Eventually, I just want to write wavy little short stories. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Stories
Short
Write
" For people who deal with anxiety or depression or can't be in large social groups cognitively, emotionally, or even physically, phones help bridge the gap. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Anxiety
People
Bridge
" In order to be a good emergency contact, you need a lot of friend-patience and empathy. Often, this comes from personal experience with anxiety, trauma, and depression. "
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Good
Experience
Depression
" I like science a whole bunch, but I love 'The X-Files' more - I want to believe. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Love
Like
Believe
" There's a really generous readership with YA. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Readership
Generous
Ya