“Writing is like having your teeth extracted. It only hurts while you're doing it.”
“Secrets are always hardest at the beginning. After a while they settle in like the cavities in your teeth, and you only think about them when they hurt.”
“But now...it's like when part of you stops hurting and suddenly you're yourself again, healthy and whole, and only then do you understand that you've been in pain for a while.”
“Writing is like pulling teeth out of your penis.”
“Writing a book is a blood sport. If it doesn't hurt when you're done, you're probably doing something wrong.”
“It's like you're a character in this book that everyone around you is writing, and suddenly you have to say, 'I'm sorry, but this role isn't right for me'. And you have to start writing your own life and doing your own thing.”