I'm not that much of a researcher. I'm good at channeling characters, and I'm good at structure.

I love reading books that you can't put down, and they just take you over for a night or a weekend.

I find that short stories are almost like palate cleansers, or brain cleansers.

I remember being banned from other houses as a younger child during the winter holiday season; I was the only one who didn't believe in Santa Claus, and I was ruining everyone's Christmas.

I've just always written, and always considered myself a writer. I wrote my first story when I was five. There was nothing else I wanted to do or be.

We are human beings, not ants.

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.