People love honesty. Honesty is medicinal, I think. It makes people feel less lonely in the world.

I feel like it's a good time to be a writer. I'm terminally optimistic. It seems like the publishing industry is in the middle of a big transition, and that the rules of the game are still sorting themselves out.

For writers, so much is done in isolation. It can be easy to feel detached, or to get a little lost along the way.

I have way too much going on, as usual, but fortunately it's all good stuff. I'm not complaining.

Once I get my writing done, then I can turn my attention elsewhere - and not the other way around. The writing has to be the foundation.

To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

I can think of plenty of writers whose work I revere and whose lives I know little about.