I prefer a cluttered workspace.

Sometimes the only way to fix a mistake- is to make it twice.

When a colleague of mine had a notable New York Times book, I said, turn one of the chapters in the collection into a pitch for a novel and sell it to your publisher.

Different genres allow me to not feel so hemmed in by my own voice, tics, style.

Being cross-genre, you can encounter an image and decide not only how to best express it but what form would express it best.

People know the difference between good and evil in their hearts-if they search them. Religions twist good and evil. Their differences are the kind that need to be taught because they aren't natural.

I'm about to start something new. I'm waiting to be whelmed. The whelming as you start something new is quite something.