There is a lot of censorship about writing that's exerted from all directions, from families or governments and society, even the fear of being offensive in some way.

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

There seems to be a tremendous desire among many people now to know authors and how they work, to know what's autobiographical and what isn't.

I love to read nonfiction and memoir, but I'm mostly interested in the piece of writing more than the person.

You can't tell a writer they should just be more confident.

I don't really like to tell people to get out drugs.

I've been astonished how often, when I convince a writer to tell a story more straightforwardly and to tell it more simply and directly, it turns out that this author is great and the story is wonderful.