You have to write fiction that mirrors the actual world, which has people of all sorts in it.

We're always inventing, even if we're making someone who's fairly close to ourselves.

Maybe we're stuck with who we are.

I think people feel for a long time that they ought to know how to write a novel in two drafts.

I actually think it's sometimes easier for the control freaks to let loose.

I think you have to remember that writing is hard; my first editor used to say that to me.

I just like doing it, I like writing.