A lot of readers have actually helped me, been really sweet to me... So maybe my cry for help has sometimes been answered.

The work changes the way your face changes and ages - it just does. Also, I have very little connection to anything I've written. I move on. We all move on

I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane in maybe a beautiful way.

For me, books have always been a way to feel less alone while being alone.

There are so many talented young writers named Jonathan, with whom by comparison I suffer terribly.

I don't laugh that much, but I do like humorous books, and I like to entertain readers that way.

It's hard for me to think of writing a novel, because it takes so long.