Miya Lee: How did your interest in personality quizzes begin? You can also read my interview with Amanda Gefter (“The Night Girl Finds a Day Boy”), and Daniel Jones’s interviews with Mary Elizabeth Williams (“A Second Embrace, With Hearts and Eyes Open”) and Andrew Rannells (“During a Night of Casual Sex, Urgent Messages Go Unanswered”). The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Heaney, whose episode stars LuLu Wilson and Grace Edwards. The Modern Love editor Daniel Jones and I recently caught up with four writers whose essays inspired episodes in the new season of the “Modern Love” television series on Amazon Prime Video. In her 2018 Modern Love essay “ Am I Gay or Straight? Maybe This Fun Quiz Will Tell Me,” the writer Katie Heaney describes how her love of multiple-choice quizzes, which had provided a “lifelong source of support and comfort,” hindered her ability to trust herself - even when it came to her sexuality.Īfter she came out at 28, she had this piece of advice: Don’t look outward for personal answers.
