Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different life, it just means that you're hungry for life. There are so many things you want to do.

The best stories you usually hear are stories that people feel some type of urgency about.

Writing is a way of living other lives. It is a way of expanding your life. It's not actually living a different life, it just means that you're hungry for life. There are so many things you want to do.

I often give this metaphor where I say that writing short fiction is like surfing, while writing a novel is like navigating with your car. So when you navigate with your car, you want to get somewhere. When you surf, you don't want to get somewhere, you just don't want to fall off your board.

Life keeps being a beautiful and frustrating experience.

People usually don't allow you to cut off their tongue.

There are two kinds of people, those who like to sleep next to the wall, and those who like to sleep next to the people who push them off the bed.