History is beautiful stories or scary stories, yeah.

I don't think I want to write a third book. But the more people talk to me about it, the more I think maybe I do.

When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as important as his words.

I enjoy going to campuses and reading and doing a class or teaching and then running away and not having to grade papers.

I get to meet writers, and I love writers.

I always write the best that I can. And I won't publish it until I have done it right.

I know important literary writers who can't get published.