I was more alone than if I had been alone.

Fiction works when it makes a reader feel something strongly.

His voice was handsome and broken, like a cobblestone street.

One of the things that I love about writing novels is that it really doesn't matter what next step you take as long as you're pursuing some intuition or instinct. Of course, then, intuitions or instincts don't make for great novels, but they often make for good first drafts.

Every factory-farmed animal is, as a practice, treated in ways that would be illegal if it were a dog or a cat.

As a writer, putting words on the page is how I pay attention.

Weeks passed like boats waiting to sail into the starless dawn, we were full of aimless endless darkness.