His life was two lives now: the life he would have and the life he would forever wonder about.
Jess WalterThe neighborhoods I grew up in were poor and full of drug users. I don't think you have to look that hard to find those kinds of lives. But I also don't think you have to have experienced it really close to be able to empathize.
Jess WalterYou take something from your past that you're somewhat ashamed about and you write about it from another character's point of view.
Jess Walter