It's painful to consider anything but writing.

So much as I enjoy big novels of epic sweep, I often find, say, if they follow several generations, by the third generation, I'm not caring about the people anymore.

I've been writing full-time since I was 23.

I've always been religiously inclined, but it doesn't come up in most of my books.

If you have written something that the film people want, like a book, it does give you a way in.

I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.

Writers should be applauded for their ability to make things up.