Goon Squad' took about three years to write and that's the short end. My second novel, 'Look at Me,' took six years.

That we have some history together that hasn’t happened yet.

One area I have a huge amount of trouble in is writing about myself. I get a heavy, almost depressed feeling.

There are so many ways to go wrong. All we've got are metaphors, and they're never exactly right. You can never just Say. The. Thing.

When does a fake Mohawk become a real Mohawk? Who decides? How do you know if it's happened?

Because you can't write habitually and well all the time, you have to be willing to write badly. That's how you get the regularity that enables you to be present for the good stuff.

"See," Sasha muttered, eyeing the sun. 'It's mine."