It's uncomfortable to just say the first thing that pops into your head, but you have to when you're speaking in front of people. A lot of times I'll…

- Chelsea Martin

In fiction you can make up everything to create the feeling. You can manufacture a story with whatever tools you want. With nonfiction you have to re…

- Chelsea Martin

The last time I was asked that, I said "A Year Without Spoons." Normally you get asked the same questions over and over, so it feels boring to say th…

- Chelsea Martin

The thing about writing or making art is that I'm not thinking about that stuff while I'm doing it. Like the driver's ed kid, in retrospect I see tha…

- Chelsea Martin

That was an instance where I was given a word to define my confusing experience, and I'm just like, "nah."

- Chelsea Martin

I was re-experiencing these things that happened a long time ago, and I'm trying to relive it now, and I'm bringing all of my current motivations and…

- Chelsea Martin

I don't do the like, "This led to this, and this was why this happened." That doesn't feel real and isn't how I experience things.

- Chelsea Martin

I do think that people yearn for connection and intimacy, and that they're hard things to achieve.

- Chelsea Martin

I like being around funny people.

- Chelsea Martin