It's a brooding melancholy that haunts me.
I think of myself as a really happy person.
What sustains me is to be with my family and to write.
None of those other things makes a difference. Love is the strongest thing in the world, you know. Nothing can touch it. Nothing comes close. If we love each other we're safe from it all. Love is the biggest thing there is.
I have relaxed into my persona as an author, although I used to fight that.
I'm interested in themes that endure from generation to generation.