I like small books. I like durable books. I like plain books. I like small type and thin pages.

I don't start with an idea or concept in the sense that I flesh out an idea or concept and set it at the center of something.

One can't say how one behaved or why, really. Such situations, they are far more complex than any either/or proposition. It is simplistic to produce events in pairs and lean them against each other like cards. I suppose if you a playing go or shogi, then such a thing might be helpful, but that is not life.

I like small books. I like durable books. I like plain books. I like small type and thin pages.

As far as ideas about book design: I have plenty. But I also try and let people do their jobs.

A beginning idea for a book might be: a boy emerges from a hole in the ground. He enters a house. The book will take place in the first ten minutes following his arrival.

The books turn out to be about things afterwards. I don't go into them with concepts, for the most part.