I can't really work on more than one thing at a time

I love fairy tales and feel very affected by them.

When I read Jerome D. Salinger's "The Catcher in the Rye" that was the first time I felt my mind blow open. I thought that book was speaking to me. I was 12 or 13 when I read that. I read everything on my mother's bookshelves.

I feel as if when you love a book it becomes a part of you whether you have it on your shelves or not.

It doesn't matter what people tell you. It doesn't matter what they might say. Sometimes you have to leave home. Sometimes, running away means you're headed in the exact right direction.

What else is there to write about than love and loss?

We stood and watched as God abandoned us, and then we did the best we could.