The Hours

And my mom was like really bothered by that.

She was like, why isn't anyone having you read the bell jar? I read the hours.

I remember meeting Michael Cunningham at an event when I first moved to New York and going up to him and... telling him like I was like derelict in my duties as a lifeguard because I would be trying to like sneak pages of the hours he was like oh my he was like had a martini in his hand he was such a distinguished fellow he was like I hope no one drowned on your watch like I mean they could have but they didn't so I'll have to go with my mom on that one

Well, who was the first of those characters that you might have wanted to trade places with, whether it was as an adult or if it was a book you read as a child? Who was the first fictional character that you wanted to trade places with?

Probably not Sylvia Plath,

What's tell, say more about what you think.

Yeah, so my history with her is I went to see The Hours film whenever that came out, 15, 16, which is still my favorite film.

And I thought, well, I'd love to read Mrs. Dalloway and The Hours by Michael Cunningham.

So I borrowed it from the lady I used to babysit for because she was a big Virginia Woolf fan.

And so, yeah, Mrs. Dalloway was my first one.