I love the idea of numerology, but I don't really believe in it. But I like thinking about what numbers convey.

I love food. I'm not a great cook, but I love to cook, and I like how different it is from writing.

I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time.

It is all about numbers. It is all about sequence. It's the mathematical logic of being alive. If everything kept to its normal progression, we would live with the sadness--cry and then walk--but what really breaks us cleanest are the losses that happen out of order.

I like the idea of a place that is dealing with painful, messy, frightening, and very human events that is also so beautiful and ethereal.

I really like feeling connected to people and feeling like I have a good, solid sense of empathy.