I think writers worry that you might not exist in some strange way if you're not writing.

A drinker does not exist. Whatever they say, it is just the drink talking.

I’m really lucky with the people around me. They know me, so they don’t confuse the issues really. They know what a book is and they know who I am and they know the difference between the two.

The writing day can be, in some ways, too short, but it's actually a long series of hours, for months at a time, and there is a stillness there.

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 think it’s very important to write a demythologized woman character. My characters are flawed. They are no better than they should be.

There are men who would do anything, asleep, and I'm not sure what stops them when they wake. I do not know how they draw the line.