Tina Belcher

"I'm no dummy. Well, I mean, I'm not a super genius, but I'm also not a dummy."

"Uhhhhhh. Okay."

"I'm writing erotic friend fiction, and it's going great."

"Love is a private thing between two people, and also sometimes between three people."

"My stomach is a bottomless pit of emotions, and also food."

"I'm a strong, independent woman who writes fiction about horses."

"You can't just give up on people because they're difficult."

"I make my own luck. And also, I'm very lucky."

"The universe is weird and wonderful, and I'm just trying to live in it."

"Real friends don't judge you for your writing."

"I believe in myself, even when nobody else does."

"Change is scary, but sometimes you have to be brave."

"Art is important, even if nobody understands it."

"I'm going to write the best story ever written, possibly."

"Family is complicated, but it's also everything."

"Hope is what keeps us going when things are tough."

"I'm not afraid of embarrassment anymore. I mean, I am, but I'm trying not to be."

"Peace of mind is worth more than anything."

"Nature is beautiful, even when it's gross."

"Music speaks to the soul in ways words cannot."

"I have faith that things will work out, eventually."

"A good leader listens to everyone, even the weird kids."

"Work is what you make of it. It can be meaningful or meaningless."

"I dream in color and in slow motion."

"Humor is the best medicine, besides actual medicine."

"Beauty is in the details, and in the connections between people."

"Science is cool. I mean, I don't fully understand it, but it's cool."

"Perseverance means showing up even when you don't feel like it."

"I'm grateful for the people in my life who get me."

"Creativity is about being honest and a little weird."