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At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I'm on a roll, but I don't. I figure that if I'm on a roll, it's partially because I know I'm about to stop. ”
I love all the arts - so museums, theatre, music, walks near trees or by the ocean, time with people, psychological readings. ”
I'm obsessed with adolescence. I love to write about people in their 20s. It's such a fraught and exciting and kind of horrible time. ”
I did plays in college, and I have half of a play. But I'm kind of stuck. I keep revisiting it so maybe it will move somewhere. There's something about plays where you can feel that sense of artifice at any moment. ”
From a young age, I was encouraged to sing, dance and learn folk and popular songs in Spanish. ”
My family background is Mexican, and I was born in Chicago. It's pretty much family tradition every time we get together for Christmas and major holidays to sing. Our family time is centered around the food and a little bit of performing for one another. ”
I think it's embarrassing for our industry that we have such low diversity across senior-level management at all of the mainstream, top-tier venture capital firms. ”
Spend the first six to 12 months building a great product or service that people love, rather than chasing investors. When the time comes to engage investors, you will be meeting them from a position of strength. This makes all the difference. ”
We're in this incredible age where new brands are making people's lives easier, more convenient, more personalized. ”
You have to get under the hood and spend some quality time with someone to understand what they're really good at. ”