I never think that anything I'm writing is bluntly political in any way. I'm not going for commentary.

In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.

Because I write fiction that is based in the real world, it's going to lead people into some of the modern dilemmas and concerns and even catastrophes that they will think about in a new way.

Silence has many advantages…I write and draw in my notebook and I read anything I please.

the conspicuous consumption of limited resources has yet to be accepted widely as a spiritual error, or even bad manners

My morning begins with trying not to get up before the sun rises. But when I do, it's because my head is too full of words, and I just need to get to my desk and start dumping them into a file. I always wake with sentences pouring into my head.

The happiest people are the ones with the most community.