You should never read online comments if you want to keep thoughts above the belt.

Structure is, for me, the most fun challenge about writing novels.

No matter what you wear, not everyone is going to understand what you're saying.

I don't usually read my reviews. I've noticed older reviewers are much more bothered by the plot complications. Younger reviews don't seem to be bothered by the complications at all.

As a writer, you want to go somewhere else sometimes. You want to vary the terrain that you're exploring.

Some people just make me feel mentally endangered. Whatever dark stuff is going on in their head, it's coming at me and I need to escape.

I have a daughter who, when younger, possessed no barrier between her emotional self and the outside world. Her emotional insides spilled out all over, and, especially when I was sleep-deprived and probably a little paranoid, this really threatened me. It was as if she were embodying and expressing the insecurities and freaked-outedness I never express, and which I've learned over the years to keep hidden.