I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn't even have inhalers back in Russia.

Let's see if I can write about something other than my heart.

Reading is entering into the consciousness of another human being.

You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.

You are not what you want. You are what wants you back.

The only way to write about right now is to write about the future.

I love to act, I've always wanted to be an actor. I think that acting and fiction go nicely together - being able to visualize language as something you perform, not just something that's there on the page.