I want to be a popular novelist who's also serious, or a serious novelist who's also very accessible.

Words matter, words have import.

There is much to be said for solitude.

From Graham Greene, I learnt how to be an accessible writer who grapples with our doubts as sentient individuals.

Success is a very fragile veneer. I get wary of people who embrace celebrity. It ruins people.

The only time you truly become an adult is when you finally forgive your parents for being just as flawed as everyone else.

With a novel, no matter where I am in it, I'm fretting about it. Every time I write a book, it starts with great forward momentum. Then there seems to be a period where it slows down a bit, and other things intervene. Then I gain momentum.