I prefer a cluttered workspace.

Our imaginations are strong as children. Sometimes they get shoved aside, these imaginations. They get dusty and mildewed with age. The imagination is a muscle that has to be put to use or it shrivels.

I feel too much. It's like being drummed to death from within. You know?

Basically if you burst into my office the walls themselves will flutter as if alive - maybe that's the reason for all the wings in 'Pure.

Red Sox fans have been pushed to the brink over the years, but that's how faith grows stronger.

Writing across genres has made me more prolific. When one is fighting me or simply not cutting it, I turn to another.

She knows that whispers can be useful. Sometimes they contain real information. But usually they're fairy tales and lies. This is the worst kind of whisper, the kind that draws you in, gives you hope.