I work at the sentences. Many of the things people find distinctive about my writing, I think of as natural.

If your life just falls apart early on, you can put it together again. Its the people who are always on the brink of crisis who dont hit bottom who are in trouble.

I have a small room to write in. One wall is completely covered in books. And I face the window with the curtain closed to stop the light hitting the computer.

I think young children in the Western middle classes are objects of incredible anxiety.

I do not think we remember our family in any real sense. We live in them instead

I'm quite interested in the absolute roots of narrative, why we tell stories at all: where the monsters come from.

The way to write a book is to actually write a book. A pen is useful, typing is also good. Keep putting words on the page.