Yes! I'm the slowest comic-book writer on Earth.

But the day I can't shrug off a twinge of self-pity, is the day I'm washed up for keeps.

I listen to music all the time. I write while listening to music. And I tell myself that the music nourishes the art forms that I do master and domesticate, and have authority over.

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

Making books has always felt very connected to my bookselling experience, that of wanting to draw people's attention to things that I liked, to shape things that I liked into new shapes.

By removing the stories from the morass of things that surround us, I'm hoping to achieve some kind of purer approach to emotional life.

What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark.