When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you.
I said shut up once already, with my mouth.
It's not always to the benefit of the story to have it so preordained.
Never. Never ask for what ought to be offered.
For a long time, I thought you could remain isolated and survive, and I didn't want to change that. But over the last three or four books, I've become more comfortable with the idea that I'm not really throwing anything away by being a bit more open about my books and life.
There's an overlap between social-realist fiction and crime fiction - a sweet spot there.