I think what can be most shameful or embarrassing is when our bodies broadcast a secret we'd prefer no one to know. This is why I hate rashes, in par…

- Heidi Julavits

We're not saints, any of us. Maybe somebody is, but I don't know those people. But we all know people who behave very smugly and are very egotistical…

- Heidi Julavits

The twisty nature of psychic attack - are you being attacked, or did you bring this attack on yourself? - speaks to me of an American cultural parado…

- Heidi Julavits

Whether I'm writing about plumbers or psychics or psychic plumbers, I want to find a creative space that imprisons me usefully, so I can deviate with…

- Heidi Julavits

No matter what you wear, not everyone is going to understand what you're saying.

- Heidi Julavits

I wouldn't be myself if I weren't always trying to be someone else. I only have so much time on this earth and I want to be as many people as possibl…

- Heidi Julavits

It's fascinating to imagine two successful writers in one house. But when you think about it, it isn't very unusual. In fact, so many writers have wr…

- Heidi Julavits

I wont deny that I have a far more productive writing life without the Internet, mostly because I rekindle my ability to concentrate on one thing for…

- Heidi Julavits

You know you're screwed when a Western doctor recommends acupuncture.

- Heidi Julavits