A friend of many years said to me tonight on the phone, 'I'm going to stop you right there and release you: You made the right decision.' So, going to say it to you if you need it tonight: You made the right decision.

Sometimes you have to put on a going out top just to feel alive.

Might get drunk and write a culture essay about the Amanda Shires and Jason Isbell show I was supposed to be in the third row for tonight.

I think we’re gonna have a conversation soon about indie presses that don’t pay their authors, vanish from social media, don’t honor contracts, ignore emails, and all the rest of the bad stuff I’ve been reading about lately.

'High temperatures make loneliness worse—and loneliness makes heat worse.' What is the role of the #climatecrisis in social isolation—and can #nonprofits and new legislation help? bit.ly/3Qrj622 Alison Stine #climatefatigue #climateanxiety

do you have a comfort horror movie or are you normal

Buying a new plant counts as writing.

You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive.
Baldwin

Who are some of your favorite movie scientists, particularly those who play the role of explaining or putting into context some sci fi or horror phenomenon taking place on screen?

It’s almost Mother’s Day if anyone wants to get me a car

Another day proving that the two limitless emotions are grief and love.

So this just happened:
My doorbell rang. I opened the door to find one of the men (half my age) who delivered my furniture last week standing there saying, 'I stopped to say hello & tell you how beautiful you are.'
Next time I buy furniture I'm requesting it be delivered by bears

Miller's Girl was not good at all, but Gideon Adlon is simply amazing.

Why is #climatemitigation so underfunded? NPQ's Alison Stine speaks with Michael Thatcher of Charity Navigator and Dan Stein of Giving Green about areas for help—and for hope: bit.ly/49YVRDp Clean Air Task Force #climatefunding

I often see advice for young artists and writers starting out. What's your advice for older artists and writers who are afraid they've left it too late?

I really, really hate looking at the signup sheet for volunteer work at my kid's school... and every single name is a Mom. No Dads. No male relatives.

This whole 100,000 followers to publish a book thing has been somewhat liberating. The world is a disaster. Publishing is a disaster. Making art, even disastrous art, is the best (only?) response.

For reasons not entirely clear to me, I just watched seven-minute video about beavers that started with people airdropping beavers into the mountains to get them out of Idaho and it turns out that the beavers turned out to be really good at preservation and firefighting.