Writers have a job to do. Editors do, too. You have to stand ground and cede ground on a case by case basis. When an editor tells me something isn't working and I still believe in it, I tend to think it just isn't working hard enough.

With apologies to all my past boyfriends, I never loved a man the way I loved my old apartment.

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

My last book was speculative. I just don't quite know what I am doing. But I'll get there. I have a list of things I would love to write.

I wish I had the luxury of time to read and write like grad students do. That sounds pretty awesome. When I was writing my first book one of my friends was going to grad school at the same time and I heard a lot of stories about drinking, too. I feel like everyone was having affairs.

I just think structure can make a book feel so much bigger. It's the architecture. You could use flimsy materials if you wanted to, even, but it could still feel big.

The fascinating thing about food is that if you have issues with it, you have to face it every single day.