Memories are like water.

I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how those internal forces play out in their lives.

When you're in the world looking for only one thing, you find it or it finds you. The obsession can be mutual

I prefer true over happy now.

Genres are just bottles for the various boats. The boats matter to me.

My oldest sister was an actress living in NYC by the time I was ten, and desperately wanted to be the one in charge of the words.

As a writer, my main objective is to tell the story urgently - as if whispering it into one ear - and to know the characters intimately.