A creative writing program is only as good as its teachers, and I was fortunate in having two great writers as mentors.

The most interesting things that happen in my books are usually the things that arise spontaneously, the things that surprise me.

Reading a novel is just a much more involving and intimate experience than the act of watching a film. I mean, you literally get inside of a novelist's head, and you invest many hours to do so.

I don't want to have my life fall apart for my work.

Great minds sink alike, right?

Your heartbreak is just another version of the same old story.

My former wife is a very eccentric woman, which is why I still love her.