What I try very hard to do is have an hour or so in the morning when I leave the house and don't have my phone with me. I'll go sit in a cafe and read and handwrite in my notebook and not be facing a screen. My head will be clear. I will be able to hear myself think. Because honestly for the rest of the day it's just screens, screens, screens.

It's good to try stuff. I wrote a book that I threw away, and I think I just wrote it so I could try stuff in it and not be scared

In 1998, I started a blog, something I could control very easily and update at my own whim.

In its current incarnation in my life touring is a lot of airports and hotels and car services and only OK food.

Wouldn't that be nice if we could all afford to just freely pursue our dreams?

The very best parts of me go into my writing, it is the best version of myself, and I don't think it's hubristic to believe that that's worth something, worth someone else's time. It's the most I have to offer the world.

Studying writing to me means reading and also rewriting obsessively. That's the best way to learn.