I feel more influenced in my own work by dreams than I do by other writers' works in a way. Or by popular culture, movies - what else is there to write about than love and loss?

Emily Brontë's "Wuthering Heights" was extremely important to me.

In "Faithful," Ray Bradbury is discussed a lot. The characters read "The Illustrated Man."

You cannot dispute the ridiculous. You cannot argue reasonably with evil.

No one knows how to write a novel until it's been written

They weren't true stories; they were better than that.

Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.