My strength is character. I'm pretty good at building walking-talking humans with brains like beehives.

I just think, as writers, especially with a book that takes years to write, you sort of wake up every morning hoping and praying that you can make it work for the day.

Someone asked me when it was that I felt confident enough in my writing that I could rely on it as a career. The truth is, I never have. I'm always on the hunt for second, third, or fourth careers. Private detective and cinematographer were previous career choices, but now that I'm older I think I'd be a good portrait painter, rug merchant, or florist.

I had lived in New York since 1996, sometimes in the worst neighborhoods, without even locking my door half the time.

I was obsessed with Agatha Christie in sixth grade.

There's something about fear and aesthetic that go hand in hand.

I like change. I've never really had much consistency in my life, you know, from everyday work to my living situation to whether or not I'm going to be in L.A. The one constant thing in my life is my friends and family, which is all I need