I was always writing. I just didn't know if I was any good.

You lose a wallet or keys or something and you notice in a second, but your life can go missing and you don't even know it.

I learned to love stories by listening to them.

The landscape of childhood shapes us as it shapes the characters in our stories. You never forget the sacred places of your childhood.

Reading is also a creative activity if you're doing it right. You can learn more from a story that's left the tracks than from a successful story.

The facts, however, are unimportant in fiction. It's not the events of my life that I mine, but the emotional experiences I've had.

A lack of narrative structure, as you know, will cause anxiety.