My first and biggest love was always fiction writing. But it is a very lonely pastime.

In my stories I can kiss the girls I want to kiss and punch the girls I want to punch. Nobody pays a price for it.

Rabbits are played. Nowadays it's all about the turtles. Tell them it's a ninja, they'll freak.

I remember a point in [writing] the story where I said, "This isn't working, I should go and buy something at the supermarket or my wife will kill me." Then I said, "No, I'll go on."

I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.

When my books were translated, it was always about the characters, because the unique language aspect was lost in translation.

I see creative-writing classes as some sort of AA meeting. It is more of a support group for people who write than an actual course in which you learn writing skills. This support group is extremely important because there is something very lonely about writing.