Nothing is as important as a likable narrator. Nothing holds a story together better.

Nothing is as important as a likable narrator. Nothing holds a story together better.

If someone doesn't like your fiction, it's really insulting.

There are writers who draw immediate attention to the fact that it's fiction. And I like some of that, but it doesn't really have the power.

Writing a book is like an unknown abyss, every time. Every book is different. Contrary to what unpublished writers think, it's horrible to have a book out.

You have to be smart enough to see the world for yourself and honest. The whole book-publicity thing is not really honest, at base.

Art is so personal. I'm very comforted by the fact that certain movies that I love, other people hate. Certain books that I love, other people hate. You can't please everybody.