I think female-female relationships interest me so much more because they're so encoded. There is kind of a … - Heidi Julavits

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I have no fear, no fear at all. I wake up, and I have no fear. I go to bed without fear. Fear, fear, fear, fear. Yes, 'fear' is a word that is not in my vocabulary.

Heidi Julavits

I think female-female relationships interest me so much more because they're so encoded. There is kind of a psychic element that happens within groups of women. Whenever I hang out with my female friends, I feel like context is never needed.

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There are some writers who are done when they finish a draft because they've thought it through beforehand. Whereas I'll finish a first draft and I'm nowhere near done.

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If I'd done the discovery before I wrote the book, then there would be nothing to discover. It would feel dutiful instead of exciting.

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Every once in a while when I get a migraine, I like to think, "Who hates me today?"

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