I think that inevitably, the trouble our characters go through is a kind of metaphor for what's happening in ourselves.

Certainly children are being encouraged far more than they were seventy-five years ago and are more accepted as they are.

Censorship is all around us, I don't think it's innate.

It's hard to say which of us is luckier, the ones who go through long periods when they can't write or the ones who can write pretty easily.

I find that I get very excited about what my students are up to and that I get to be the hurdle they need to jump over.

Being part of a community of writers is huge. I really think that's why people go to MFA programs.

I just like doing it, I like writing.