The form is so malleable and can do so many things.

You take something from your past that you're somewhat ashamed about and you write about it from another character's point of view.

He wished he could reassure his mother: a man wants many things in life, but when one of them is also the right thing, he would be a fool not to choose it.

I'm a professional. So before I published any novels, I'd always been writing stories.

What business does memory have with time?

I've been a dad since I was nineteen, so I think a lot about fatherhood and the power of that sacrifice in your life.

Because I'm a novelist, I think in terms of structure. The way I keep going is through structure. It's what inspires me and pushes me through.