Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, 'I'm amazing! Look at me!'
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The greatest compliment I get about my writing is when people say, 'How did you know so much about me?' And of course, the answer is very simple: 'I just observed myself without sentimentality.'
I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
I want people to notice my writing abilities are real and that I'm not just stuck in one situation.
I hardly ever write when I'm just feeling great.
I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.
I'm learning a lot, and I'm trying to make it so that every time I write, it's better than the last time I've written.
For me, writing is like being taken on a walk by a footnote: It's amazing where you end up.
I work at the sentences. Many of the things people find distinctive about my writing, I think of as natural.
Whenever I write something, I always want to make sure that what I write is defensible.
You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself.