We all have some ideological quotient in ourselves. And I think it does guide who we are.

When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.

Nothing is easy in writing. I don't think for anyone. But dialogue is probably what comes most naturally to me.

We are taught that we can be better than we are. But is there a limit to how good we can be?

Language is a personality as well. People are different when they speak different languages.

Amity Gaige has written a flawless book. It does not contain a single false note. Playful and inventive, SCHRODER movingly depicts the ways we confound our own hearts--how even with the best intentions, we fail to love those closest to us as well as we wish we could. Eric Schroder should take his place among the most charismatic and memorable characters in contemporary fiction, and Amity Gaige her place among the most talented and impressive writers working today.

Some is, I think, the personal in any act of writing. You find yourself caught up: you start a sentence, and it becomes revelatory, not just of the character, but of you as well.