Lorrie Moore — American Writer born on January 13, 1957,

Lorrie Moore is an American fiction writer known mainly for her humorous and poignant short stories... (wikipedia)

Humor comes from the surprise release of some buried tension.
If you look at most women's writing, women writers will describe women differently from the way male writers describe women. The details that go into a woman writer's description of a female character are, perhaps, a little more judgmental. They're looking for certain things, because they know what women do to look a certain way.
Writing has to be an obsession - it's only for those who say, 'I'm not going to do anything else.'
Everything one reads is nourishment of some sort - good food or junk food - and one assumes it all goes in and has its way with your brain cells.
To me, writing is much freer than dancing. With writing, you could do it whenever you wanted. You didn't have to do little exercises and stay in shape. You could have great moments of inspiration that advanced the story. In dance, unless you're going to choreograph things yourself, you're at the service of someone else.