I love my parents. But I'm almost 28 and it's not fun to be asked 'What are you doing today? What do you want for dinner? When are you going to be home?' It just makes you feel like a kid. It's this juxtaposition of feeling annoyed and really lucky to have people who love you so much.
I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home – if you were a woman you were writing about being a woman – and I decided not to do that write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.
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I'm always amazed when a pitcher becomes angry at a hitter for hitting a home run off him. When I strike out I don't get angry at the pitcher I get angry at myself. I would think that if a pitcher threw up a home run ball he should be angry at himself.
