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Ghost! I miss him! Is that weird? I miss him even though I invented him. I feel a lot of tenderness toward him. I don't write a lot of stuff that is sad or that is tender and affectionate, so that has a very special place in my heart.

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Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, 'I'm amazing! Look at me!'

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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.

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I spent the first 22 years of my life absorbing everything, like a big disgusting cell, and now I'm disgorging it with jokes added out into the world. That's a really gross metaphor.

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I have a lot of faith in the power of joking to make something thoughtful.

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In the hands of a passive-aggressive person who wants to abdicate responsibility for things, texting is a great tool. You can really go nuts.

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It certainly was unusual growing up with two fairly well-known pastors as my parents.

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A lot of my creative energy is spent coming up with a concept that, once I get it, I feel like it writes itself.

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When I think of Emily Dickinson, there's not one particular poem of hers that jumps out, but I do have a very vivid image of an ill woman with giant eyes who wants to write about the sun exploding.

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I love 'Jane Eyre,' and I love the Bronte sisters. I actually didn't read any of them until I was in college, so I don't have quite the same connection with them that I think a lot of women do.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: November 28th, 1986

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