I got a huge knot in my stomach because if Antarctica could talk, it would be saying only one thing: you don't belong here. (277)

My day is not that fun-filled or that filled usually with complications.

I think thats the most important job of a novelist - to bring authority to their writing.

When I'm sitting at my computer writing, I really have this fiendish smile on my face. I am not thinking about the past or the future or how it's going to be received. I feel that I'm very lucky that way; I don't carry that particular anxiety around with me. I'm not anxiety-free by any means, but that happens to be one that I've been spared.

Your mission statement says Galer Street is based on global "connectitude." (You people don't just think outside the box, you think outside the dictionary!)

One of the main reasons I don't like leaving the house is because I might find myself face to face with a Canadian.

After decades spent in rewrite rooms surrounded by other shouting writers, I discovered that I work best alone. I like being in charge of my time, working out the problems according to my own rhythms and being able to nap. That's a big one, the napping on demand!