I had always wanted to be a writer who confused genre boundaries and who was read in multiple contexts.

When people call something "original," 9 out of 10 times they just don't know the references or original sources involved.

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle.

I've discovered that like every writer, I'm helpless MYSELF - and that means I find myself unconsciously or semi-consciously repeating motifs and themes and even using certain words or images recurrently in my work, no matter how much I think I'm starting fresh. But I've always admired artists who made a specific sport of trying to visit different kinds of genres or mediums or modes - not just 'western' or 'detective', but comedy/tragedy, epic and miniature, traditional/experimental.

Teenage life - possibly adult life too is all about what you want and can’t have. And then about what you receive and misuse.

I had an all-Fear of Music iPod, just versions of the 11 songs from the record. No other songs allowed.

I learned to write fiction the way I learned to read fiction - by skipping the parts that bored me.