Elvis, stop dat! You know it is taboo to whistle at night. You will attract a spirit.

If I dont get at least one e-mail every ten minutes, I feel unloved. Even junk mail makes me feel seen. Sad, I know. Sigh.

As with much of the world's problems, they become public--or much more of interest--the moment they begin to impact the West.

Here's the thing: You rescue us every day in small, quiet ways, so why not in this way? Let us into your mystery, tell us how you would like to be loved, show us how to see you, really see you.

People think that writing is writing, but actually writing is editing. Otherwise, you're just taking notes

You can count on Scandinavian literature for a certain kind of darkness, a modern mythic style.

Fiction is more dangerous than nonfiction because it can seduce better. I think we all know this, know that deeper truths can be approached in fiction than in fact. There are risks for the reader, because after reading certain books you find you have changed irreversibly. There are risks for writers: in China, now, and Ethiopia and other countries right now, writers face real persecution.