If I was writing about an academic or a more difficult person, I would use the Latinate vocabulary more, but I do think Anglo-saxon is the language of emotion.

Part of my mind is working on how to end the thing while I'm going on. You need at least two brains to write.

I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways to say things.

But it is curious how you can see that an idea is absolutely true and correct and yet not believe it deeply enough to act on it.

I do see an interest in writing for Twitter. While publishers still do love the novel and people do still like to sink into one, the very quick form is appealing because of the pace of life.

I can talk for a long time only when it's about something boring.

That's the interesting thing about writing. You can start late, you can be ignorant of things, and yet, if you work hard and pay attention you can do a good job of it.