I spend most of every day writing. I like to write every day if I can. I don't start extremely early.

Usually my ideas are small.

We're all made up of many parts, other halves. Not just me.

I had a briefcase at one point, but it was a kind of 1980s New Wave briefcase. It was made of some kind of cardboard and it had metal hinges. It was kind of faux industrial looking, and I used to carry my books in it rather than a backpack. I didn't want to have normal student accoutrements.

I'm hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life.

If love were endless, if it were on tap, it wouldn't hit us the way it does. And we certainly wouldn't write about it.

To start with, look at all the books.