My job requires me to put on a little dress and run around the streets of New York in heels. But I also had the financial means to hire a yoga teacher to come to my house while my sitter watched the newborn. For 95 percent of the world that's not realistic.
As a teacher at Princeton I'm surrounded by people who work hard so I just make good use of my time. And I don't really think of it as work – writing a novel in one sense is a problem-solving exercise.
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I got picked on a lot even by teachers too. I liked to listen to musicals and bake and my homeroom teacher found out and mocked me in front of the whole class for baking.
