When a writer's whole being is poured into a piece of work, there is never enough. The feeling of finally getting to the end of a piece of work, of making it as good as you can at that moment, is more of a relief than anything else, and then you wait for reviews.

In a creative journey, it is essential, no matter how far one runs, to examine that which is closest to home.

It is only with distance that we are able to turn our powers of observation on ourselves, thus fashioning stories in which we are characters.

I've always felt like my nose is pressed to glass. I always feel a little bit like an outsider.

I've certainly faced some raw, real pain in my life. I lost my father to a car accident when I was young. My mother died ten years ago. My son was very sick as an infant. Eventually, I have attempted to transform this pain into art, to make meaning out of it.

I started realising that the themes running through all of my novels were really haunting and obsessing me about my own life.

I'm an urban person who loves living in the country.