I move between San Francisco and Paris... I have a wonderful beach house in California.

I decided I would never do interviews again.

A book begins with an image or character or situation that I care about deeply.

Love is messy. If you really love someone, you can't avoid the pain. People die, people leave, things change, but sometimes it all works

I think people face that in any artistic field, this idea of: oh, I could do that, if I had the time.

Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as five at a time.

I always try to write about believable people.